Old English reader

Author(s)

• McGillivray, Murray

Bibliographic Information

Old English reader

edited by Murray McGillivray

Broadview Press, c2011

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The texts in this reader include prose, metrical prose, and poetry, and represent a variety of genres (saints' lives and metrical charms as well as heroic verse). Frequently taught canonical texts are balanced with interesting, lesser-known works. The glossary is at the back of the book, and the companion website includes texts with clickable glossing, as well as additional texts for study.

Table of Contents

Introduction PROSE Alfred's Preface to Gregory Apollonius of Tyre Bede's Account of the Conversion of Edwin of Northumbria Bede's Account of the Poet Caedmon Cynewulf and Cyneheard The Great Army Sermo Lupi ad Anglos The Voyage of Wulfstan to Estland The Wonders of the East AELFRICIAN VERSE AElfric's Life of Saint Eugenia AElfric's Life of St. Oswald POETRY The Battle of Maldon Beowulf Deor The Dream of the Rood Exeter Book Riddles The Fortunes of Men Judith The Husband's Message Metrical Charms The Seafarer The Story of Isaac The Wanderer The Whale The Wife's Lament Wulf and Eadwacer Glossary

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB06288569
• ISBN:
  • 9781551118420
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: angeng
• Place of Publication: Peterborough, Ont.
• Pages/Volumes: 340 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 829/.08
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100
  • CSHF : Littérature anglaise -- ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais)