(Ebook) A History of Old English Literature by R. D. Fulk, Christopher M. Cain ISBN 9781118441138, 9781118453230, 1118441133, 1118453239

(Ebook) A History of Old English Literature by R. D. Fulk, Christopher M. Cain ISBN 9781118441138, 9781118453230, 1118441133, 1118453239

This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts.

• This revised edition responds to the renewed historicism in medieval studies
• Provides wide-ranging coverage, including Anglo-Latin literature as well as non-canonical writings
• Includes new chapters on manuscripts and on marginal and incidental texts
• Incorporates expanded coverage of legal texts and scientific and scholastic texts, now treated in separate chapters
• Demonstrates that the field of Anglo-Saxon studies is uniquely placed to contribute to current literary debates

Content:
Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–41):
Chapter 1 The Chronology and Varieties of Old English Literature (pages 42–57):
Chapter 2 Anglo?Saxon Manuscripts (pages 58–82):
Chapter 3 Literature of the Alfredian Period (pages 83–111):
Chapter 4 Homilies (pages 112–132):
Chapter 5 Saints’ Legends (pages 133–156): Rachel S. Anderson
Chapter 6 Biblical Literature (pages 157–176):
Chapter 7 Liturgical and Devotional Texts (pages 177–210):
Chapter 8 Legal Texts (pages 211–226):
Chapter 9 Scientific and Scholastic Texts (pages 227–240):
Chapter 10 Wisdom Literature and Lyric Poetry (pages 241–277):
Chapter 11 Germanic Legend and Heroic Lay (pages 278–328):
Chapter 12 Additions, Annotations, and Marginalia (pages 329–353):