The First Poems in English - Couverture souple

Alexander, Michael

 
9780140433784: The First Poems in English
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0140433783 ISBN 13 : 9780140433784
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2008

Synopsis

This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ’s cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon’s Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michael Alexander is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, and translator/editor of Beowulf: A Verse Translation and Beowulf: A Glossed Text, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment and The Earliest English Poems.

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Éditeur
Penguin Classics
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0140433783
ISBN 13 
9780140433784
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
140
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