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Joe Allard - Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures - 9781408286036 - V9781408286036
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Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures

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Description for Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 902.

Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English – and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman – can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the literatures of the time.

Beowulf & Other Stories captures the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism ... Read more

With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on Anglo-Saxon archaeology and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on the prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform, this updated second edition will be essential reading for students of the period.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
596
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
902g
Number of Pages
570
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408286036
SKU
V9781408286036
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Joe Allard
Joe Allard teaches at the University of Essex. He translates and publishes contemporary Icelandic poetry and fiction, and has written extensively on medieval Icelnadic prose and poetry. Richard North teaches Old and Middle English at University College London, and is author of Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (1997) and The Origins of Beaowulf (2006).

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