Beowulf & Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures
Editat de Dr Richard North, Dr Joe Allarden Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 apr 2007
'Beowulf' & Other Stories has been conceived in the firm belief that Old English - and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman - should be seen as a genuine delight, a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature.
The book discusses a vast range of subjects, from the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles, to fresh interpretations of the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood.
'Beowulf' & Other Stories provides students and the general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. Written throughout with verve, panache and a deep understanding of its subject, 'Beowulf' & Other Stories is set to be the standard introduction to the field for many years to come.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781405835725
ISBN-10: 1405835729
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Longman
Locul publicării:Harlow, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1405835729
Pagini: 560
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Longman
Locul publicării:Harlow, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1. Why read Old English Literature?
An Introduction to this Book
Richard North, David Crystal and Joe Allard
Names to Look Out For
Joe Allard and Richard North
2. Is it relevant? Old English Influence on The Lord of the Rings
Clive Tolley
3. Is violence what OE poetry is about?
Beowulf and Other Battlers: an introduction to Beowulf
Andy Orchard
4. Is there more like Beowulf?
Old English Minor Heroic Poems
Richard North
5. What else is there?
Joyous Play and Bitter Tears: the Riddles and the Elegies
Jennifer Neville
6. How Christian is OE literature?
The Dream of the Roodand Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Éamonn © Carragáin and Richard North
7. How did OE literature start?
Cædmon the Cowherd and Old English Biblical Verse
Bryan W. Wyly
8. Were all the poets monks?
Monasteries and Courts: Alcuin and Offa
Andy Orchard
9. Did the Anglo-Saxons write fiction?
Old English prose: King Alfred and his books
Susan Irvine
10. How difficult is the OE language?
The Old English language
Peter S. Baker
11. When were the Vikings in England?
Viking Wars and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Jayne Carroll
Noteson the Old Norse Language
Richard North
12. What gods did the Vikings worship?
Viking religion: Old Norse mythology
Terry Gunnell
13. Just who were the Vikings anyway?
Sagas of Icelanders
Joe Allard
14. Were there sagas in OE literature?
Prose Writers of the English Benedictine Reform
Stewart Brookes
15. What happened when the Normans arrived?
Anglo-Norman literature: the road to Middle English
Patricia Gillies
Epilogue The end of Old English?
David Crystal
An Introduction to this Book
Richard North, David Crystal and Joe Allard
Names to Look Out For
Joe Allard and Richard North
2. Is it relevant? Old English Influence on The Lord of the Rings
Clive Tolley
3. Is violence what OE poetry is about?
Beowulf and Other Battlers: an introduction to Beowulf
Andy Orchard
4. Is there more like Beowulf?
Old English Minor Heroic Poems
Richard North
5. What else is there?
Joyous Play and Bitter Tears: the Riddles and the Elegies
Jennifer Neville
6. How Christian is OE literature?
The Dream of the Roodand Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
Éamonn © Carragáin and Richard North
7. How did OE literature start?
Cædmon the Cowherd and Old English Biblical Verse
Bryan W. Wyly
8. Were all the poets monks?
Monasteries and Courts: Alcuin and Offa
Andy Orchard
9. Did the Anglo-Saxons write fiction?
Old English prose: King Alfred and his books
Susan Irvine
10. How difficult is the OE language?
The Old English language
Peter S. Baker
11. When were the Vikings in England?
Viking Wars and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Jayne Carroll
Noteson the Old Norse Language
Richard North
12. What gods did the Vikings worship?
Viking religion: Old Norse mythology
Terry Gunnell
13. Just who were the Vikings anyway?
Sagas of Icelanders
Joe Allard
14. Were there sagas in OE literature?
Prose Writers of the English Benedictine Reform
Stewart Brookes
15. What happened when the Normans arrived?
Anglo-Norman literature: the road to Middle English
Patricia Gillies
Epilogue The end of Old English?
David Crystal
Recenzii
''A genuine delight, replete with wonder, creativity and magic. Written with a deep understanding of its subject, Beowulf and Other Stories will be the standard introduction to the field for many years to come.''
Toebi Newsletter
"The editors are to be congratulated upon their success in arraying such an impressive field of internationally-renowned specialists, the scholarly credentials of whom, and hence of the volume to which they have contributed, are unimpeachable. It is approachable by absolute beginners, but those who read it from cover to cover will have accrued a very wide range of knowledge on a variety of material relevant to the study of Old English (and Old Norse) literature."
Dr. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
"The book is very much pitched at the right level. It is a breath of fresh air in this respect and should appeal to students taking their first proper steps in Old English/Old Norse. The challenges in teaching these subjects have to do with accessibility and with the fact that existing introductions tend to expect too much from their readers, who do not have the same background today as they would have had in the past. Old English and Old Norse studies have been off-putting for students because they find it hard to relate to them. This book enables them to do so."
Professor Hugh Magennis, Queen's University, Belfast
Toebi Newsletter
"The editors are to be congratulated upon their success in arraying such an impressive field of internationally-renowned specialists, the scholarly credentials of whom, and hence of the volume to which they have contributed, are unimpeachable. It is approachable by absolute beginners, but those who read it from cover to cover will have accrued a very wide range of knowledge on a variety of material relevant to the study of Old English (and Old Norse) literature."
Dr. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
"The book is very much pitched at the right level. It is a breath of fresh air in this respect and should appeal to students taking their first proper steps in Old English/Old Norse. The challenges in teaching these subjects have to do with accessibility and with the fact that existing introductions tend to expect too much from their readers, who do not have the same background today as they would have had in the past. Old English and Old Norse studies have been off-putting for students because they find it hard to relate to them. This book enables them to do so."
Professor Hugh Magennis, Queen's University, Belfast
Notă biografică
Richard North was made to read old English at oxford and now teaches it for a living in UCL. He would like to be known for writing fiction. Publications include Heathen Gods in old English Literature (1997), The Origins of ‘Beowulf’ (2006), and some poems and short stories in Undertow, the UCL English students’ literary magazine. Hobbies include piano, reading the sagas and collecting students.
Joe Allard discovered Iceland almost by chance in the mid-eighties and has never looked back. He translates and publishes (mares’ Nest Publishers, festival Books) contemporary Icelandic poetry and fiction. He also writes about and teaches medieval Icelandic prose and poetry. He eats shark, puffin and whale and enjoys 57% Icelandic spirits. Hobbies include piano and watching volcanoes.
Joe Allard discovered Iceland almost by chance in the mid-eighties and has never looked back. He translates and publishes (mares’ Nest Publishers, festival Books) contemporary Icelandic poetry and fiction. He also writes about and teaches medieval Icelandic prose and poetry. He eats shark, puffin and whale and enjoys 57% Icelandic spirits. Hobbies include piano and watching volcanoes.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Until now, Old English has been a phrase to strike fear into the hearts of students of English. A combination of remoteness, both of time and language, and a general sense of disconnectedness has meant that Old English has sometimes been remembered as a chore, a slog through the foothills of literature. 'Beowulf' & Other Stories has been conceived in the firm belief that Old English - and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman - should be seen as a genuine delight, a period as replete with wonder and creativity and magic as any other in literature.
The book forages with abandon through the literature of the period, turning up en route the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood. 'Beowulf' & Other Stories provides the student and general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition from Old to Middle English. Beowulf & Other Stories also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period. Written throughout with verve, panache and a deep understanding of its subject, 'Beowulf' & Other Stories is set to be the standard introduction to the field for many years to come.
The book forages with abandon through the literature of the period, turning up en route the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood. 'Beowulf' & Other Stories provides the student and general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition from Old to Middle English. Beowulf & Other Stories also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period. Written throughout with verve, panache and a deep understanding of its subject, 'Beowulf' & Other Stories is set to be the standard introduction to the field for many years to come.
Caracteristici
- Offers an entirely new approach to an old and complex discipline, focusing on the heroic work before the Christian
- Illuminates the shadowy contexts of the period, with essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into Lord of the Rings
- 'Beowulf' & Other Stories also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology.
- Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language
- David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period
- Illustrated with colour photographs throughout