Judith
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Judith
（Exeter medieval English texts and studies）
University of Exeter Press, 1997
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Includes bibliographical references
Old English text, English commentary and introduction
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Undergraduates frequently find the fine Old English poem JUDITH the most stimulating of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon period. In the past thirty years it has attracted a wide range of literary criticism both in the UK and the US. Feminist critics of English literature have been particularly interested by the ways in which the poet has adapted the traditional masculine heroic ethos of Old English poetry to a story figuring a violently active female protagonist.Yet there is no available edition of Judith which is either comprehensive or up to date, or which at all explains how and why the poem is worthy of our attention. This new edition aims to fill this gap. It includes a full Introduction and commentary by the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography and appendices.
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Manuscript
2 Transcript and Editorial History
3 Language
4 Prosody
5 Date
6 Treatment of the Source
7 Judith and Old English Poetic Tradition
8 Judith and Christian Tradition
9 Style and Structure
The Text,
Editorial Procedure
Judith: Text with textual notes
Commentary
Bibliography
Appendices
I Alliteration and Rhyme
II Index and Tables to the Scansion
III Latin Sources
Glossary
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