The Cambridge Old English Reader ISBN-13: 9781107055308

ISBN-13: 9781107055308

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Marsden, Richard

Details: This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with the addition of a new Beginning Old English section for newcomers to the Old English language, along with a new extract from Beowulf. The fifty-seven individual texts include established favourites such as The Battle of Maldon and Wulfstans Sermon of the Wolf, as well as others not otherwise readily available, such as an extract from Apollonius of Tyre. Modern English glosses for every prose-passage and poem are provided on the same page as the text, along with extensive notes. A succinct reference grammar is appended, along with guides to pronunciation and to grammatical terminology. A comprehensive glossary lists and analyses all the Old English words that occur in the book. Headnotes to each of the six text sections, and to every individual text, establish their literary and historical contexts, and illustrate the rich cultural variety of Anglo-Saxon England. This second edition is an accessible and scholarly introduction to Old English.

Release Date: 14-05-2015

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches

Languages: English

Part Number: 1 b/w illus.

Edition: 2

Number Of Pages: 614