The Earliest English Poems  -  Various

KORTE INHOUD

Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language. This work translates the best of the Old English poetry into modern English. Table of Contents:IntroductionA Note on the TranslationPreface to the Second EditionPreface to the Third EditionThe RuinCaedmon's HymnBede's Death SongHeroic PoemsDeor and WidsithBeowulf and the Fight at FinnsburgWaldereElegiesT...
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Uitgever: Penguin Classics 160 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0140441727 ISBN-13: 9780140441727