A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse
Download or Read eBook A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse PDF written by Richard Hamer and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2006 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Richard Hamer |
| Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0571228364 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780571228362 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse by : Richard Hamer
Book excerpt: The essential canon of Old English poetry, with parallel verse translation, in this now classic edition. A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse contains the Old English texts of all the major short poems, such as 'The Battle of Maldon', 'The Dream of the Rood', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Seafarer', as well as a generous representation of the many important fragments, riddles and gnomic verses that survive from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, with facing-page verse translations. These poems are the well-spring of the English poetic tradition, and this anthology provides a unique window into the mind and culture of the Anglo-Saxons.The volume is an essential companion to Faber's edition of Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney.
