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Old English Verse
Current price: $130.00


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Old English Verse
Current price: $130.00
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Old English Verse
(1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably
Beowulf
and
Malden
; the ‘elegies’, such as
The Wanderer
The Seafarer
; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration; the
Junius Manuscript
; and finally King Alfred. All the many quotations are translated.
(1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably
Beowulf
and
Malden
; the ‘elegies’, such as
The Wanderer
The Seafarer
; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration; the
Junius Manuscript
; and finally King Alfred. All the many quotations are translated.