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The Cambridge Old English Reader

Door Richard Marsden

Categorie
Secundair
Boeknummer
#347803-VB36
Titel
The Cambridge Old English Reader
Auteur
Marsden, Richard
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2004
ISBN10
0521456126
ISBN13
9780521456128
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting

This book is a major reader of Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest. Designed both for beginning and for more advanced students, it broke new ground in two ways, first in its range of texts, and second in the degree of annotation it offers. The fifty-six prose and verse texts include the established favourites such as The Battle of Maldon and King Alfred's Preface to his Pastoral Care, but also others which have not before been readily available, such as a complete Easter homily, Aelfric's life of Saint Aethelthryth and all forty-six Durham proverbs. Headnotes establish the literary and historical contexts for the works that are represented, and reflect the rich cultural variety of Anglo-Saxon England. Modern English word glosses and explanatory
... (Lees verder) notes are provided on the same page as the text. Other features include a reference grammar and a comprehensive glossary.
Pagina's
532
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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