The Anglo-Saxon World
An Anthology
$21.91
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2009
Summary
Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many other treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above all superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred years had become Christians, to such effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199538713 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199538719 |
| Author: | Kevin Crossley-Holland |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 129mm x 195mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Kevin Crossley-Holland
Kevin Crossley-Holland has published four volumes of poetry and is also known as a writer for children. He is editor of The Anglo-Saxon World and Folk-Tales of the British Islands.
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