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Alfredian prologues and epilogues / edited by Susan Irvine.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Medieval Prose Available online

Format:: Book
Contributor:: Irvine, Susan, editor.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Alfred, King of England, 849-899--Criticism, Textual.; Alfred.; English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Texts.; English language.; Great Britain--History Anglo--Saxon period, 449-1066.; Great Britain.; Alfred, King of England, 849-899.; English language--Old English.
Genre:: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.; Texts.; Literary criticism.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (x, 296 pages)
Place of Publication:: Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Summary:: This new edition with facing-page modern English translation collects together the Old English prologues and epilogues to literary works associated with King Alfred.
Contents:: General Introduction; The Influence of Earlier Traditions; Alfred's Reign and the Vernacular Translation Programme; The Place of the Prologues and Epilogues in the AuthorshipDebate; Overview of the Corpus of Alfredian Prologues and Epilogues; Language; Early Medieval Reception History; Editorial Procedure and Conventions; The Old English Dialogues; Prose and Verse Prefaces; Gregorian Preface; Incipits and Explicits; Introduction; The Work and its Contexts; Manuscripts and Previous Editions; The Prose Preface to the Dialogues; The Verse Preface to the Dialogues; The Gregorian Preface to the Dialogues; The Incipits and Explicits of the Dialogues; Note on the Texts; Texts and Translations; Summary of Book I of the Dialogues; Book I Explicit; Book II Incipit; Summary of Book II of the Dialogues; Book II Explicit; Book III Incipit; Summary of Book III of the Dialogues; Book III Explicit; Book IV Incipit; Summary of Book IV of the Dialogues; The Old English Pastoral Care; Gregorian Preface and Epilogue; Verse Epilogue; The Prose Preface to the Pastoral Care; The Verse Preface to the Pastoral Care; The Gregorian Preface to the Pastoral Care; The Gregorian Epilogue to the Pastoral Care; The Verse Epilogue to the Pastoral Care; Summary of the Pastoral Care.; The Gregorian Epilogue to the Pastoral Care; The Old English Boethius: (Prose and Prosimetrical Versions); Prose and Verse Vitae; Epilogue; The Prose Preface to the Boethius; The Verse Preface to the Boethius; The Prose and Verse Vitae; The Epilogue to the Boethius; The Prose Vita of the Boethius; The Verse Vita of the Boethius; Summary of the Boethius; The Old English Soliloquies; Preface; The Preface to the Soliloquies; The Incipits and Explicits of the Soliloquies; Summary of Book I of the Soliloquies; Summary of Book II of the Soliloquies; Summary of Book III of the Soliloquies; The Laws of Alfred; Introducation; The Preface to the Laws of Alfred; Note on the Text; Summary of the Laws of Alfred; The Old English Bede; Preface and Epilogue; The Preface to the Bede; The Epilogue to the Bede; Summary of the Bede; Textual Notes; The Old English Pastoral Care.; The Old English Boethius (Prose and Prosimetrical Versions); Commentary; The Old English Boethius (Prose and Prosimetrical Versions); The Old English Bede.
Notes:: Description based on print version record.; Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:: 0-19-198035-8; 0-19-288469-7
OCLC:: 1409668496

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