Author: Alger Nicolaus Doane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Toward the middle of the 9th century, an unknown poet composed a version of Genesis in the Old Saxon tongue. For centuries its existence was surmised, but only in the late 19th century, with the discovery of a fragment of the Old Saxon original in the Vatican Library, did scholars know for certain that the Old English fragment known as Genesis B formed the core of a longer, lost Saxon poem.
The Saxon Genesis
Author: Alger Nicolaus Doane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Toward the middle of the 9th century, an unknown poet composed a version of Genesis in the Old Saxon tongue. For centuries its existence was surmised, but only in the late 19th century, with the discovery of a fragment of the Old Saxon original in the Vatican Library, did scholars know for certain that the Old English fragment known as Genesis B formed the core of a longer, lost Saxon poem.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Toward the middle of the 9th century, an unknown poet composed a version of Genesis in the Old Saxon tongue. For centuries its existence was surmised, but only in the late 19th century, with the discovery of a fragment of the Old Saxon original in the Vatican Library, did scholars know for certain that the Old English fragment known as Genesis B formed the core of a longer, lost Saxon poem.
An Anglo-Saxon Genesis
An Anglo-Saxon genesis
Genesis A
Author: Alger Nicolaus Doane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Among Old English poems, Genesis A is second--both in length and importance--only to Beowulf. With this new edition, Alger N. Doane reveals both the full stature of the poem and the significant achievement of the poet. Indeed, Doane's creative and scrupulous work calls for both a rereading and a reassessment of Genesis A among all scholars in the field. In the editing of the text and the commentary--the heart of the work--Doane brings his full learning to bear in the service of illuminating the poem. His detailed commentary touches upon all the points of interest of the poem, and places it in context--both historically and aesthetically--among other works of Old English and Germanic poetry, showing both its limits and achievements.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Among Old English poems, Genesis A is second--both in length and importance--only to Beowulf. With this new edition, Alger N. Doane reveals both the full stature of the poem and the significant achievement of the poet. Indeed, Doane's creative and scrupulous work calls for both a rereading and a reassessment of Genesis A among all scholars in the field. In the editing of the text and the commentary--the heart of the work--Doane brings his full learning to bear in the service of illuminating the poem. His detailed commentary touches upon all the points of interest of the poem, and places it in context--both historically and aesthetically--among other works of Old English and Germanic poetry, showing both its limits and achievements.
The Genesis of Books
Author: Matthew T. Hussey
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503534732
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is about the book itself, as shaped and made by medieval scribes and as conditioned by the cultural understandings that were present in the world where those scribes lived. Questions relating to the provenance, compilation, script, function, and use - both medieval and modern - of manuscripts are raised and are resolved in a fresh manner. A number of different literary genres and types are explored, ranging from devotional materials (e.g. psalters, sermons, and illustrated gospel books) to texts of a more worldly orientation. A number of plates illustrate the work of particular scribes. While some beautiful codices are showcased, the emphasis falls on plain books written in English, including the Vercelli Book, the Exeter Book, and the Blickling Homilies. Analyses of the history of palaeography and the theoryof editing raise the point that whatever we know from old books is conditioned by the tools used to study them.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503534732
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume is about the book itself, as shaped and made by medieval scribes and as conditioned by the cultural understandings that were present in the world where those scribes lived. Questions relating to the provenance, compilation, script, function, and use - both medieval and modern - of manuscripts are raised and are resolved in a fresh manner. A number of different literary genres and types are explored, ranging from devotional materials (e.g. psalters, sermons, and illustrated gospel books) to texts of a more worldly orientation. A number of plates illustrate the work of particular scribes. While some beautiful codices are showcased, the emphasis falls on plain books written in English, including the Vercelli Book, the Exeter Book, and the Blickling Homilies. Analyses of the history of palaeography and the theoryof editing raise the point that whatever we know from old books is conditioned by the tools used to study them.
Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem)
Author: Caedmon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The Junius Manuscript
Author: Caedmon
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515955
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Junius Manuscript
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515955
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Junius Manuscript
Old English Biblical Verse
Author: Paul G. Remley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052147454X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
An extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052147454X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
An extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group.
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Author: Angus Wilson
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571280862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
'Angus Wilson is one of the most enjoyable novelists of the 20th century... Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) analyses a wide range of British society in a complicated plot that offers all the pleasures of detective fiction combined with a steady and humane insight.' Margaret Drabble First published in 1956, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes draws upon perhaps the most famous archaeological hoax in history: the 'Piltdown Man', finally exposed in 1953. The novel's protagonist is Gerald Middleton, professor of early medieval history and taciturn creature of habit. Separated from his Swedish wife, Gerald is increasingly conscious of his failings. Moreover, some years ago he was involved in an excavation that led to the discovery of a grotesque idol in the tomb of Bishop Eorpwald. The sole survivor of the original excavation party, Gerald harbours a potentially ruinous secret...
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571280862
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
'Angus Wilson is one of the most enjoyable novelists of the 20th century... Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) analyses a wide range of British society in a complicated plot that offers all the pleasures of detective fiction combined with a steady and humane insight.' Margaret Drabble First published in 1956, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes draws upon perhaps the most famous archaeological hoax in history: the 'Piltdown Man', finally exposed in 1953. The novel's protagonist is Gerald Middleton, professor of early medieval history and taciturn creature of habit. Separated from his Swedish wife, Gerald is increasingly conscious of his failings. Moreover, some years ago he was involved in an excavation that led to the discovery of a grotesque idol in the tomb of Bishop Eorpwald. The sole survivor of the original excavation party, Gerald harbours a potentially ruinous secret...
Teutonic Antiquities in the Anglosaxon Genesis
Author: Chiles Clifton Ferrell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description