History of Early English Literature

Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Alfred V1

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Stopford A Brooke

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The history of English poetry from its beginning to the accession of King Alfred. As well as dealing with the well known Anglo-Saxon poems such as Beowulf, the book looks at a variety of poems and the rise of literature and influences such as the Anglo-Saxon conquest and early settlement, Christianity, monasticism, and the sea.It begins in the older England over the sea. It ends with the accession of Alfred. When he came to the throne in 871, literature, both Latin and English, had perished, after a career of two hundred years. The final home of both had been Northumbria. A few years after his accession the last unplundered seats of learning were destroyed. All the Muses were now silent. But before Alfred died a new English literature had begun, and in a new land, and the King was himself the origin. What had been was poetry; this was prose. The country of English poetry had been Northumbria; the country of English prose was Wessex.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 2006

Author

Stopford A Brooke

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Kessinger Publishing

Pages

368

Publisher

Kessinger Publishing

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9781428615571

Product ID

2283081

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