Old English Literature by Daniel Donoghue - 9780631234852

Old English LiteratureA Short Introduction\nAuthor(s): Daniel Donoghue\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631234852, 978-0631234852\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\nAn innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. Structured around figures from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework. Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors. Combines close textual analysis with historical context. Based on the authors many years experience of teaching Old English literature. The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of Beowulf: A Verse Translation [tel] and recently published with Bl.