The Exeter anthology of Old English poetry : an edition of Exeter Dean and Chapter MS 3501

Author(s)

• Muir, Bernard James

Bibliographic Information

The Exeter anthology of Old English poetry : an edition of Exeter Dean and Chapter MS 3501

edited by Bernard J. Muir

（Exeter medieval English texts and studies）

University of Exeter Press, 1994

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: v. 1. Texts -- v. 2. Commentary

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Commonly referred to as "The Exeter Book", this is the first complete edition of this anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry to appear since 1936, and the only edition produced this century based upon a detailed study of the manuscript. It includes an analysis of over 400 alterations and corrections, which could lead to a major reconsideration of many of the accepted theories concerning scribal activity and manuscript production and dissemination in Anglo-Saxon England. The texts are edited in a version which foregrounds the state of the Anglo-Saxon language in the 10th century, rather than masking this important linguistic data through the use of normalized forms.

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Details

• NCID: BA25494152
• ISBN:
  • 0859894363
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engang
• Place of Publication: Exeter
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xiv, 817 p., [2] leaves of plates)
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 829.108
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03710130