A critical history of Old English literature /
A critical study of the background and achievements of English literature from its origins in the sixth century to its continuing influence after the Norman Conquest.
| Основен автор: | Greenfield, Stanley B. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
[New York]
New York University Press,
1965.
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Съдържание:
- I. The beginnings of a prose tradition
- II. Alfredian and other ninth-century prose
- III. Ælfric, Wulfstan, and other late prose
- IV. Some remarks on the nature and quality of Old English poetry
- V. Secular heroic poetry
- VI. The Christian saint as hero
- VII. Christ as poetic hero
- VIII. Old Testament narrative poetry
- IX. Miscellaneous religious and secular poetry
- X. Lore and wisdom
- XI. Elegiac poetry