TY - BOOK AU - Fulk,R.D. AU - Cain,Christopher M. TI - A history of Old English literature T2 - Blackwell histories of literature SN - 9781118441121 AV - PR173 U1 - 829/.09 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Chichester PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - English literature KW - Old English, ca. 450-1100 KW - History and criticism KW - Christian hagiography KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Old English KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints? legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature; eng N2 - This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in medieval studiesProvides wide-ranging coverage, including Anglo-Latin literature as well as non-canonical writingsIncludes new chapters on manuscripts and on marginal and incidental textsIncorporates expande UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118441138 ER -