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A Guide to Old English is now the standard and most popular introduction to Old English language and literature. The fifth edition has been revised and corrected to take into account suggestions from teachers and students. The two most important new features are a substantial introduction to Old English metre (Appendix C of Part One) and the addition of Ælfric's account of Edmund King and Martyr to the prose texts of Part Two. Key features of Part One are the fact that sound changes are not treated as an abstract system divorced from the texts, but are discussed when they become relevant to an understanding of the apparent irregularities in inflexion; the authoritative section on syntax; and the introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies, which discusses language, literature, history, archaeology, and ways of life. In Part Two the prose texts selected are those traditionally chosen by teachers precisely because they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the period. The verse texts, which with the exception of four extracts from Beowulf are all complete, show something of the range that Old English poetry offers in mood, intensity of feeling, humour, and natural observation. The texts are accompanied by full explanatory notes at the foot of the page and a detailed glossary. Although most readers of A Guide to Old English will be undergraduate and graduate students, the book has been written so that it can be used by those working on their own who wish simply to gain a greater understanding and enjoyment of the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons.
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English language, Grammar, English philology, Handbooks, manuals, Readers, Texts, Anglo-Saxons, Language & Linguistics, Literary studies: general, Semiotics & Theory, Linguistics, General, Literary Criticism, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Middle English, Handbooks, manuals, etc, Old English, ca. 450-1100, ENGLISH LANGUAGE_OLD ENGLISH, ca. 450-1100_GRAMMAR, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics, English literature, Bibliography, Civilization, Medieval, in literature, History and criticism, English language, old english, ca. 450-1100, grammar, English language, old english, ca. 450-1100, readers, English literature, history and criticism, old english, ca. 450-1100, English literature, bibliography, English language, middle english, 1100-1500, Littérature anglaise, Bibliographie, Histoire et critique, Old English, English language, old english, ca. 450-1100, Oudengels, Filologie, History, EuropeEdition | Availability |
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Guide to Old English: Revised with Texts and Glossary
2019, University of Toronto Press
in English
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A Guide to Old English
December 1, 2006, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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A guide to Old English
1992, Blackwell
in English and English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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A guide to Old English
1986, B. Blackwell
in English
- 4th ed. rev. with prose and verse texts and glossary.
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A guide to Old English: revised with prose and verse texts and glossary
1986, Basil Blackwell
in English
- 4th ed. --
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A guide to Old English
1986, Basil Blackwell
in English
- 4th ed. rev. : with prose and verse texts and glossary by Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson.
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A guide to Old English
1982, University of Toronto Press, Univ of Toronto Pr
in English
- Rev. ed. with texts and glossary.
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A guide to Old English
1982, B. Blackwell
in English
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