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A Guide to Old English, 8th Edition

Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson 

ISBN: 978-0-470-67107-8

October 2011

Wiley-Blackwell

448 pages

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A Guide to Old English, 8th Edition

Bruce Mitchell,Fred C. Robinson

E-Book
978-1-119-95027-1
December 2011
$51.00
Paperback
978-0-470-67107-8
October 2011
$63.95
Description
A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners’ guide.

  • Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English
  • Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student
  • Features selections from the greatest works of Old English literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader
  • Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject
  • Updated throughout with new material including the first 25 lines from Beowulf with detailed annotation and an explanation of Grimm’s and Verner’s laws
About the Author
Fred C. Robinson is  Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus at Yale University. He is a Fellow and past President of the Medieval Academy of America, and has received many honors. He has written extensively on Beowulf, Old English, and English and American literature and language of all periods.
 
Bruce Mitchell is late Fellow Emeritus of St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.
New to Edition
• a facsimile of the manuscript page from the beginning of Beowulf
 
• the first 25 lines of Beowulf, with an exceptionally detailed set of annotations
 
• an explanation of Grimm's and Verner's Laws
 
• text revisions throughout to make the Guide as accessible as possible for undergraduate readers

The book also offers a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject.
 

Features
  • Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English
  • Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student
  • Features selections from the greatest works of Old English literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader
  • Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject
  • Updated throughout with new material including the first 25 lines from Beowulf with detailed annotation and an explanation of Grimm’s and Verner’s laws
     
To Purchase this product, please visit
https://dev.store.wiley.com/en-us/A+Guide+to+Old+English%2C+8th+Edition-p-9780470671078