A Fulk, R. D. (Robert Dennis)creatorCain, Christopher M.textbibliographyElectronic books.Criticism, interpretation, etc.History.enk2013Second edition.monographiceng

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1 online resource.This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in medieval studiesProvides wide-ranging coverage, including Anglo-Latin literature as well as non-canonical writingsIncludes new chapters on manuscripts and on marginal and incidental textsIncorporates expande.Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints? legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.R.D. Fulk and Christopher M. Cain.Includes bibliographical references and index.e-uk-en To 1500 fast English literatureOld English, ca. 450-1100History and criticismChristian hagiographyHistoryTo 1500LITERARY CRITICISMEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshChristian hagiographyEnglish literatureOld EnglishPR173829/.09Fulk, R.D. (Robert Dennis).Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2013Second edition.(DLC) 201204799897811184411211118441125978111844111411184411179781118441152111844115X97811184411381118441133111845323997811184532302013004127http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118441138http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118441138DLC13013020171112083545.0ocn826324846eng