6 edition of invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England found in the catalog.
Published
1995
by Blackwell in Oxford, UK, Cambridge, USA
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-360) and indexes.
| Statement | from Bruce Mitchell. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PE123 .M58 1995 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xix, 424 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 424 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1428429M |
| ISBN 10 | 0631174354, 0631174362 |
| LC Control Number | 93039658 |
This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in Professor Stenton examines the development of English society, describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and studies the unification of Britain begun by the kings of Mercia, and completed by the. This outstanding book is an introduction to Old English language and literature set within the context of Anglo-Saxon history and society -so arranged that the one constantly illuminates the other. Parts I, II, and V aim to provide the reader with an understanding of, and in particular the ability to read, Old : Paperback.
"The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English poem of 53 lines found in the Exeter Book and generally treated as an elegy in the . I asked this question a few years ago to Doug Harper, who created and maintains the Online Etymology Dictionary which is an extraordinarily useful resource for anyone interested in the English language. His answer was the following book: Amazon.c.
The above was adapted from the following (itself a quote from Mitchel, An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England): “ ‘On the day that King Edward was alive and dead,’ 5 January. Old English is the language of the Anglo-Saxons. It is the language of "Beowulf" and the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" but it is also part of the evolutionary process of Modern English. This course will introduce the language in terms of its grammar and vocabulary, and will apply this to the reading of the prose of the period.
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The book provides a representative selection of 51 prose and verse texts, each Read more. He stresses the'Englishness' of Old English, guides the reader through possibledifficulties, and illustrates each point with examples.
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This outstanding book is an introduction to Old English language and literature. "Wulf and Eadwacer" is an Old English poem of famously difficult interpretation.
It has been variously characterised, (modernly) as an elegy, (historically) as a riddle, and (in speculation on the poem's pre-history) as a song or ballad with poem's complexities are, however, often asserted simply to defy genre classification, especially with regard to its narrative ge: West Saxon dialect of Old English.A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 3 (hardback) The Anglo-Saxon settlement 3 The look of Old English 4 Vowels 5 People, places and texts 6 Frisian, AN INTRODUCTION TO OLD ENGLISH., language, /.The Anglo-Saxons were the dominant people living in England from the mid-5th century AD until the Norman conquest in They spoke Germanic languages and are identified by Bede as the descendants of three powerful tribes.
These were the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Their language, Anglo-Saxon or Old English, came from West Germanic changed into Middle .
