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English literature --- History and criticism --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc. --- England - Civilization - To 1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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English literature --- History and criticism --- Whitelock, Dorothy --- Bibliography --- England --- Civilization --- Bibliography. --- Great Britain --- History --- English literature - Old English, ca 450-1100 - History and criticism --- Whitelock, Dorothy - Bibliography --- England - Civilization - To 1066

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Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, and their subsequent appropriations, unite the essays collected here. They offer fresh and exciting perspectives on a variety of issues, from gender to religion and the afterlives of Old English texts, from reconsiderations of neglected works to reflections on the place of Anglo-Saxon in the classroom. As is appropriate, they draw especially on Hugh Magennis' own interests in hagiography and issues of community and reception. Taken together, they provide a 'state of the discipline' account of the present, and future, of Anglo-Saxon studies. The volume also includes contributions from the leading Irish poets Ciaran Carson and Medbh McGuckian. Dr Stuart McWilliams is a Newby Trust Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh. Contributors: Ciaran Carson, Mary Clayton, Ivan Herbison, Joyce Hill, Malcolm Godden, Chris Jones, Christina Lee, MedbhMcGuckian, Stuart McWilliams, Juliet Mullins, Elisabeth Okasha, Jane Roberts, Donald Scragg, Mary Swan, John Thompson, Elaine Treharne, Robert Upchurch, Gordon Whatley, Jonathan Wilcox.

English literature --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Saints in literature --- Scholars in literature --- History and criticism --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Saints in literature. --- Scholars in literature. --- History and criticism. --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism --- Magennis, Hugh --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilization

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An investigation into two important Saints Lives provides a window into the Anglo-Saxon perception of the non-human world.

English literature --- Landscapes in literature --- Natural history in literature --- Christian hagiography --- History and criticism --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism --- Christian hagiography - History and criticism --- Cuthbertus ep. Lindisfarnensis --- Guthlacus erem. Croylandiae --- Landscapes in literature. --- Natural history in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiography --- Landscape in literature --- 450-1100 --- Old English Language, Period of --- Bede. --- Crowland. --- Guthlac. --- Sea-otters.

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This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600-1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English literature for the first time, who require clear guidance and orientation in an unfamiliar field. The first chapters describe briefly the political, social and ecclesiastical history of the period and how poetry and prose developed and flourished. A succinct account of Old English language provides beginners with a guide to grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Subsequent chapters explore such topics as Germanic legend and heroic ideals, paganism and fatalism, the cult of saints and responses to the Bible. Important prose texts, such as those by Bede, Alfred, Aelfric and Wulfstan, are covered under these thematic headings. Poems such as The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood, are discussed in detail, but in association with related texts, in prose as well as poetry. A separate chapter is devoted to Beowulf, but aspects of the poem are also discussed in other chapters. Finally a bibliography lists essential editions, reference works and critical studies.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- English literature --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne --- Littérature anglaise --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- England --- Angleterre --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- 820 "06/10" --- 820 "06/10" Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Great Britain --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- History --- Old English literature --- Littérature anglaise --- --Grande-Bretagne --- --English literature --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- To 1066 --- Civilization [Anglo-Saxon ] --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism. --- England - Civilization - To 1066. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- English literature - Old English, ca 450-1100 - History and criticism - Handbooks, manuals, etc --- Grande-Bretagne --- Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc --- England - Civilization - To 1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc