This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <li>An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.<br /> </li> <li>Structured around ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.<br /> </li> <li>Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.<br /> </li> <li>Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors.<br /> </li> <li>Combines close textual analysis with historical context.<br /> </li> <li>Based on the author’s many years experience of teaching Old English literature.<br /> </li> <li>The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of <i>Beowulf: A Verse Translation</i> (2001) and recently published with Blackwell <i>Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend</i> (2003).</li> </ul>
