A companion to Ælfric
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A companion to Ælfric
（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 18）
Brill, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-453) and index
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Description
This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of AElfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key AElfric scholars working today and some important newer voices. Each of the chapters is a cutting-edge piece of work which addresses one aspect of AElfric's works or career. The chapters are organised topically, rather than by chronology, genre or biography, and between them cover the entire AElfrician corpus and the major contextual issues; consideration of AElfric's Latin writings is carefully integrated with that of his Old English works. AElfric studies are currently a central element of Anglo-Saxon studies, but while to date there has been a great deal of detailed work on some aspects of AElfric, this collection provides the first overview.
Contributors: Hugh Magennis, Joyce Hill, Christopher A. Jones, Mechthild Gretsch, M. R. Godden, Catherine Cubitt, Thomas N. Hall, Robert K. Upchurch, Mary Swan, Clare A. Lees, Gabriella Corona, Kathleen Davis, Jonathan Wilcox, Aaron J Kleist and Elaine Treharne.
Table of Contents
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Notes on Contributors
Introduction, Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan
1. AElfric Scholarship, Hugh Magennis
2. AElfric: His Life and Works, Joyce Hill
3. AElfric and the Limits of 'Benedictine Reform', Christopher A. Jones
4. AElfric, Language and Winchester, Mechthild Gretsch
5. AElfric and the Alfredian Precedents, Malcolm R. Godden
6. AElfric's Lay Patrons, Catherine Cubitt
7. AElfric as Pedagogue, Thomas N. Hall
8. Catechetic Homiletics: AElfric's Preaching and Teaching During Lent, Robert K. Upchurch
9. Identity and Ideology in AElfric's Prefaces, Mary Swan
10. In AElfric's Words: Conversion, Vigilance and the Nation in AElfric's Life of Gregory the Great, Clare A. Lees
11. AElfric's Schemes and Tropes: Amplificatio and the Portrayal of Persecutors, Gabriella Corona
12. Boredom, Brevity and Last Things: AElfric's Style and the Politics of Time, Kathleen Davis
13. The Use of AElfric's Homilies: MSS Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 85 and 86 in the Field, Jonathan Wilcox
14. Assembling AElfric: Reconstructing the Rationale behind Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Compilations, Aaron J Kleist
15. Making their Presence Felt: Readers of AElfric, c. 1050-1350, Elaine Treharne
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