A Guide to Old English

Mitchell, Bruce; Robinson, Fred C.

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ISBN 10: 0470671076 ISBN 13: 9780470671078

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2011

A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beginners’ guide.

• Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English
• Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginning student
• Features selections from the greatest works of Old English literature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keep pace with the reader
• Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, and culture, and a bibliography directing readers to useful publications on the subject
• Updated throughout with new material including the first 25 lines from Beowulf with detailed annotation and an explanation of Grimm’s and Verner’s laws

Recensione:

"This is still the most comprehensive introduction to Old Englishavailable, providing detailed analysis of the language, literature,history, and culture of the Anglo–Saxons. This new edition expandson the changes in languages, and provides additional material onBeowulf."
Stuart Lee, Oxford University

"Mitchell and Robinson′s A Guide to Old English, nowavailable in its eighth edition, is an invaluable resource forteaching and delighting students of Old English. It is unsurpassedin its combination of a meticulously scholarly approach with awide–ranging selection of Old English texts. The authors′enthusiasm for the subject is evident on every page and carries thereader with it."
Susan Irvine, University College London

L'autore:

Fred C. Robinson is  Douglas Tracy Smith Professor Emeritus at Yale University. He is a Fellow and past President of the Medieval Academy of America, and has received many honors. He has written extensively on Beowulf, Old English, and English and American literature and language of all periods.
 
Bruce Mitchell is late Fellow Emeritus of St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford.