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Old English literature --- English literature --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- Anthologies --- Middle English, 1100-1500 --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500

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English literature --- Manuscripts, English (Old) --- Facsimiles --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Facsimiles. --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- Manuscripts, English (Old) - Facsimiles --- MSS early English

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Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this up-to-date anthology gathers twenty-one outstanding contemporary critical writings on the prose and poetry of Anglo-Saxon England, from approximately the seventh through eleventh centuries. The contributors focus on texts most commonly read in introductory Old English courses while also engaging with larger issues of Anglo-Saxon history, culture, and scholarship. Their approaches vary widely, encompassing disciplines from linguistics to psychoanalysis. In an appealing introduction to the book, R. M. Liuzza presents an overview of Old English studies, the history of the scholarship, and major critical themes in the field. For both newcomers and more advanced scholars of Old English, these essays will provoke discussion, answer questions, provide background, and inspire an appreciation for the complexity and energy of Anglo-Saxon studies.

English literature --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- History and criticism --- English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism. --- History and criticism.

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Monsters in literature --- English literature --- Human body in literature --- Gender identity in literature --- History and criticism --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History and criticism --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

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The Anglo-Saxons placed a great deal of importance on wisdom and learning, something Beowulf makes dramatically clear when he uses his 'wordhord' to command respect and admiration from his friends and foes alike. Modern day scholars no longer have recourse to the living language and culture of the Anglo-Saxons, and as a result must turn to their 'wordhords' - the literary, historical, and cultural artefacts that have survived in various degrees of intactness - to learn about life in Anglo-Saxon England. This collection of essays, gathered to honour the memory of the noted Anglo-Saxonist Edward B. Irving, Jr., brings together an international group of leading scholars who take the measure of Anglo-Saxon literary, textual, and lexical studies in the present moment. Ranging from philological and structural studies to ones that explicitly engage a variety of contemporary theoretical issues, they reflect the rich diversity of approaches to be found among Anglo-Saxonists. Subjects addressed include comparative work on Old English and Latin, and on Old English, ancient Greek, and South Slavic, notions of authorship and textual integrity, techniques of editing, heroic poetry, religious verse, lexicography, oral tradition, and material textuality. Offering a fresh reading of some popular pieces and inviting attention to some less-familiar texts, these previously unpublished essays illustrate the latest state of particular techniques for literary / critical analysis, textual recovery, and lexical studies.

English philology --- English literature --- History and criticism. --- Criticism, Textual. --- Anglo-Saxon philology --- English philology, Old --- Old English philology --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- English philology - Old English, ca. 450-1100. --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism. --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Criticism, Textual. --- Irving, Edward B. Jr.