Old English Literature: A Short Introduction Daniel Donoghue

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This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls figures from Anglo–Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall,the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old Englishliterature. Structured around figures from Anglo–Saxonculture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and theScholar. Situates Old English literary texts within a culturalframework. Creates new connections between different genres, periods andauthors. Combines close textual analysis with historical context. Based on the author s many years experience of teachingOld English literature. The author is co–editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: AVerse Translation (2001) and recently published with Blackwell Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend (2003).