Old English Literature: A Short Introduction - Couverture rigide

Donoghue, Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631234853 ISBN 13 : 9780631234852

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2004

Synopsis

This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.

• An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.
  
• Structured around 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
  
• Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.
  
• Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors.
  
• Combines close textual analysis with historical context.
  
• Based on the author's many years experience of teaching Old English literature.
  
• The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Daniel Donoghue is the John P. Marquand Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003), Style in Old English Poetry (1987) and is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631234853
• ISBN 13: 9780631234852
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 163
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible