Author: ANDERSON, GEORGE KUMLER
Title: Literature of the Anglo-Saxons
Description: Russell & Russell, 1962. Hardcover. ISBN: 0846201097. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; 431 pages; Anderson provides in this single volume a descriptive history of the entire canon of Old English literature, from its beginnings to the Norman Conquest. The emphasis throughout is more on literature than on linguistics, and readings from Anglo-Saxon writings are quoted extensively, mainly in Anderson's own translations. The extensive notes at the end of each chapter constitute a critical review of published research up to the time of writing.. Good+ with no dust jacket .

Keywords: 0846201097 Anglo-saxon Old English Literature & Fiction English Literature Study Guides Mediaeval Medieval Studies


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