Judith

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies

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Beskrivning

Undergraduates frequently find the fine Old English poem JUDITH the most stimulating of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon period. In the past thirty years it has attracted a wide range of literary criticism both in the UK and the US. Feminist critics of English literature have been particularly interested by the ways in which the poet has adapted the traditional masculine heroic ethos of Old English poetry to a story figuring a violently active female protagonist.Yet there is no available edition of Judith which is either comprehensive or up to date, or which at all explains how and why the poem is worthy of our attention. This new edition aims to fill this gap. It includes a full Introduction and commentary by the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography and appendices.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-11-01
Mått:133 x 230 x 16 mm
Vikt:298 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9780859895682

Utforska kategorier

Poesi inom Skönlitteratur
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Mark Griffith is a Fellow and Tutor in English at New College, Oxford.

Recensioner i media

This is a superb contribution to Old English scholarship, packed with useful and new information, attractively presented and priced. Judith, a lively narrative poem, has finally found an editor responsive to its charms, one apparently incapable of thoughtlessness, neglect, or unkindness. Much devotion has gone into the making of this edition, along with impeccable judgement. ... Griffith is probably unmatched in his sensitivity to and appreciation of the sounds, syntax, and style of Judith. And he makes at least as many original observations as there are lines in the poem... In this new edition, the poem—in all its comic inventiveness and flouting of convention—is more alive and appealing than at any time in the three-hundred years since it first appeared in public.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 The Manuscript2 Transcript and Editorial History3 Language4 Prosody5 Date6 Treatment of the Source7 Judith and Old English Poetic Tradition8 Judith and Christian Tradition9 Style and StructureThe Text,Editorial ProcedureJudith: Text with textual notesCommentaryBibliographyAppendicesI Alliteration and RhymeII Index and Tables to the ScansionIII Latin SourcesGlossary

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