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Images of Community in Old English Poetry
Av Hugh Magennis, Simon Keynes m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
714 kr
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This book explores ideas of community and the relationship of individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry. It pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time when concerns about community appear to …
The Old English Lives of St. Margaret
Av Mary Clayton, Hugh Magennis m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
804 kr
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This book presents the two Old English versions of the colourful legend of the virgin martyr, St Margaret of Antioch, who became one of the most widely celebrated of medieval saints and the patron saint of childbirth. The two extant vernacular lives are published together, edited with a facing …
The Old English Lives of St. Margaret
Av Mary Clayton, Hugh Magennis
Inbunden, 1994
1778 kr
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This book presents the two Old English versions of the colourful legend of the virgin martyr, St Margaret of Antioch, who became one of the most widely celebrated of medieval saints and the patron saint of childbirth. The two extant vernacular lives are published together, edited with a facing …
Images of Community in Old English Poetry
Inbunden, 1996
1704 kr
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This book explores ideas of community and the relationship of individuals to communities widely evident in Old English poetry. It pays particular attention to the context in which major poetic manuscripts of the late Anglo-Saxon period were received, a time when concerns about community appear to …
The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature
Inbunden, 2011
1554 kr
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An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important and rewarding area of literary studies. The chapters are clearly organized by topic and significant attention is paid to key individual works, including …
The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature
Häftad, 2011
486 kr
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An approachable and stimulating introduction to Anglo-Saxon literature, this book provides indispensable guidance for students on this important and rewarding area of literary studies. The chapters are clearly organized by topic and significant attention is paid to key individual works, including …
Aspects of Knowledge
Preserving and Reinventing Traditions of Learning in the Middle Ages
Av Marilina Cesario, Hugh Magennis
Inbunden, 2018
1493 kr
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This edited collection explores how knowledge was preserved and reinvented in the Middle Ages. Rather than focusing on a historical period or specific cultural and historical events, it eschews traditional categories of periodisation and discipline, establishing connections and cross-sections …
Old English Life of St Mary of Egypt
An Edition of the Old English Text with Modern English Parallel-Text Translation
Häftad, 2002
632 kr
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Mary of Egypt, a penitent prostitute and figure of female autonomy and authority, is a disconcerting and unconventional saint, especially in an Anglo-Saxon context. She is not the kind of model of idealized female virtue normally favoured by leading churchmen in Anglo-Saxon England, and yet her …
Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse
Inbunden, 2011
974 kr
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An examination of English verse translations of Beowulf, including Seamus Heaney's version alongside other influential renditions.A senior scholar writing here at the height of his powers and bringing experience and insight to an important topic... the second chapter is one of the best short, …
Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse
Häftad, 2015
346 kr
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An examination of English verse translations of Beowulf, including Seamus Heaney's version alongside other influential renditions.A senior scholar writing here at the height of his powers and bringing experience and insight to an important topic... the second chapter is one of the best short, …
