TY - BOOK AU - Fulk,R.D. TI - A history of Old English literature SN - 9781118453230 (cloth) U1 - 829.09 PY - 2013/// CY - UK PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - English literature KW - History and criticism KW - Christian hagiography KW - History N1 - 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 ER -