1st Edition
Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures
886 Pages
by
Routledge
886 Pages
by
Routledge
886 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings to The Chronicles of Narnia, and which set the foundations of the English language and its literature as we know it today. Edited, translated and... Read more
PREFACE, Heroic Poems, Poems on the Meaning of Life, Poems of Devotion, The Earliest English Prose, Viking Wars, Gods of the Vikings, Sagas of Icelanders, Writers of the Benedictine Reform, Early Chivalry, INDEX, CONTENTS OF THE CUSTOM VERSION
Biography
Richard North teaches Old and Middle English at University College London, and is author of Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (1997) and The Origins of aEURO~BeowulfaEURO (TM) (2006). Joe Allard teaches at the University of Essex. He translates and publishes contemporary Icelandic poetry and fiction, and has written extensively on medieval Icelandic prose and poetry. Patricia Gilliesis a lecturer at the University of Essex with research interests in Medieval French, Old and Middle English Literature and Old Icelandic literature.
