A New Critical History of Old English Literature / Stanley B. Greenfield, Daniel G. Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenfield, Stanley B., Author.

Calder, Daniel G. (Daniel Gillmore), 1939-1994, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry is, without question, the major literary achievement of the early Middle Ages (c. 700-1100). In no other vernacular language does such a vast store of verbal treasures exist for so extended a period of time. For twenty years the definitive guide to that literature has been Stanley B. Greenfield's 1965 Critical History of Old English Literature. Now this classic has been extensively revised and updated to make it more valuable than ever to both the student and scholar.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the New Edition

Acknowledgments

Preface to the Original Edition

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The Anglo-Latin Background

CHAPTER 2. The Alfredian Translations and Related Ninth-Century Texts

CHAPTER 3. Ælfric, Wulfstan, and Other Late Prose

CHAPTER 4. Legal and Scientific Prose

CHAPTER 5. Some Remarks on the Nature and Quality of Old English Poetry

CHAPTER 6. Secular Heroic Poetry

CHAPTER 7. The Christian Saint as Hero

CHAPTER 8. Christ as Poetic Hero

CHAPTER 9. Old Testament Narrative Poetry

CHAPTER 10. Miscellaneous Religious and Secular Poetry

CHAPTER 11. Lore and Wisdom

CHAPTER 12. Elegiac Poetry

Abbreviations

Bibliography of Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [305]-360.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780814738559

0814738559

9780814732625

0814732623

OCLC:

782877943