Fulk, R. D.

A history of Old English literature / R. D. Fulk and Christopher M. Cain - 2nd ed. - UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2013. - xi, 492 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-480) and index.

Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints' legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.

9781118453230 (cloth)


English literature--History and criticism.
Christian hagiography--History

829.09 / FUL/H