The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons

by George Kumler Anderson

Overview

This is a one-volume descriptive history of English literature from the beginning to the Norman Conquest. Emphasis is literary rather than linguistic.

Originally published in 1966.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691650524
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #1908
Pages:	460
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Preface, pg. v
• Contents, pg. vii
• I. The Anglo-Saxons, pg. 1
• II. A Foreword to the Literature of the Anglo-Saxons, pg. 40
• III. The Old English Heroic Epic Poems, pg. 56
• IV. The Old English Christian Epic, pg. 105
• V. Miscellaneous Old English Poetry, pg. 154
• VI. A Note on Old English Literature and the Drama, pg. 206
• VII. Anglo-Latin Literature in the Old English Period, pg. 212
• VIII. The Work of King Alfred, pg. 257
• IX. Aelfric and His Works, pg. 308
• X. Wulfstan's Works and other Homiletic Prose, pg. 340
• XI. Secular Didactic Writing in Old English Prose, pg. 370
• XII. Prose Fiction of the Old English Period, pg. 375
• XIII. Scientific Writings in the Old English Period, pg. 384
• XIV. Retrospect, pg. 403
• Further Additions to the Notes, pg. 415
• Index, pg. 427