Desire for origins : new language, Old English, and teaching the tradition

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Desire for origins : new language, Old English, and teaching the tradition

Allen J. Frantzen

Rutgers University Press, c1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-252) and index

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To many folks, the study of Old English language and literature may seem dull, moribund, rarefied, and largely irrelevant-- a subject only of concern to concern only to musty old academics in the ivory tower. Frantzen doesn't (directly) try to argue against this perception-- instead, he tries to investigate *why* this perception exists. His answer is an insightful and eye-opening investigation into the relationship among scholarship, ideology, and cultural relevance.

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