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 texts and studies）

University of Exeter Press, 2000

Rev. 2nd ed

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• DVD

Note

Accompanied by electronic version on DVD entitled "The Exeter anthology of Old English poetry" and "The Exeter DVD" / software by Nick Kennedy, c2006

v. 1. Texts -- v. 2. Commentary

Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. [745]-901) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Commonly referred to as The Exeter Book, this important anthology is the earliest and largest surviving book of vernacular poetry from Anglo-Saxon England. This revised edition of the two-volume set first published in 1994 includes many newly-discovered alterations to the poetic texts in addition to the four hundred new readings listed in the first edition. The Bibliography has also been updated and reorganised and the Commentary includes discussion of critical works which have appeared since 1994. The book is published in a two-volume set. Volume One contains the Introduction and Texts. Volume Two contains the Commentary, Bibliography, Index to Bibliography.

Table of Contents

VOLUME ONE Foreword to the First Edition Foreword to the Second Edition Acknowledgements Introduction TEXTS The Advent Lyrics The Ascension Christ in Judgement The Life of Saint Guthlac (A) The Life of Saint Guthlac (B) The Canticles of the Three Youths The Phoenix The Passion of Saint Juliana The Wanderer God's Gifts to Humankind Precepts The Seafarer Vainglory Widsith The Fates of Mortals Maxims I (A) Maxims I (B) Maxims I (C) The Order of the World The Riming Poem The Panther The Whale The Partridge Homiletic Fragment III Soul and Body II Deor Wulf and Eadwacer Riddles 1-59 The Wife's Lament Judgement Day I Contrition (A) and (B) The Descent into Hell Almsgiving Pharaoh The Lord's Prayer I Homiletic Fragment II Riddle 30b Riddle 60 The Husband's Message The Ruin Riddles 61-94 VOLUME TWO Introductory Remarks to the Commentry Commentary Abbreviations Bibliography Primary Sources and Facsimiles Critical Literature Reference Works Consulted Index to Bibliography of Critical Literature

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Details

• NCID: BA48559745
• ISBN:
  • 0859896293
  • 0859896315
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Exeter
• Pages/Volumes: 2 v. (xv, 904 p.)
• Size: 24 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 DVD
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 829.108
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA45892191