Beowulf and Other Stories
A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures
Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English - and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman - can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the literatures of the time.Beowulf & Other Stories captures the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: North, Richard
- ISBN: 978-1-317-86041-9
- EAN: 9781317860419
- Produktnummer: 17032734
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 570 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 2. Auflage
Über den Autor
Joe Allard teaches at the University of Essex. He translates and publishes contemporary Icelandic poetry and fiction, and has written extensively on medieval Icelnadic prose and poetry.Richard North teaches Old and Middle English at University College London, and is author of Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (1997) and The Origins of Beaowulf (2006).
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