Hugh Magennis

The Cambridge Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing Anglo-Saxon literature in an approachable way, this is an indispensable guide for students to a key literary topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519472
• ISBN-10: 0521519470
• Artikelnr.: 32699869

Autorenporträt

Hugh Magennis is Professor of Old English Literature and Director of the Institute of Theology at Queen's University, Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Approaching Anglo-Saxon literature
2. Literary traditions
3. Varieties of narrative
4. Belief, knowledge, experience: some non-narrative strands
5. Anglo-Saxon afterlives, medieval to modern: later uses and appropriations of Anglo-Saxon writings
Appendix: resources for studying Anglo-Saxon literature, Bibliography.