Old English Literature

A Guide to Criticism with Selected Readings

By:

John D Niles

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Series:

Blackwell Guides to Criticism

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This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline. Examines the notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature Reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies Addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme Embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with reference to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more

Author Biography:

John D. Niles is Professor of Humanities at the University of Winsconsin, Madison. He is a specilist in Old English language and literature and, more generally, the early medieval culture of the British Isles. The author or editor of a dozen books relating to Beowulf and other works of Old English literature, he has also conducted field research into living traditions of oral literature. He is the current President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (2010-2012)

Release date NZ

May 6th, 2016

Author

John D Niles

Audience

Undergraduate

Pages

352

Series

Blackwell Guides to Criticism

Dimensions

170x241x20

ISBN-13

9780631220572

Product ID

12051494

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