Poems and Prose from the Old English

Name: Poems and Prose from the Old English
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ISBN: 9780300069952

ISBN-10: 0300069952

ISBN-13: 9780300069952

Edition: 2nd 1998

Authors: Burton Raffel, Alexandra H. Olsen

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This is a restructured and expanded version of Burton Raffel's "Poems From The Old English", placing the oldest English writings in an entirely different perspective. An introduction provides a historical account of the Anglo-Saxon period.

Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/21/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction


Selected Bibliography


Poetry


Prosody and Style


Elegies


The Wanderer


The Seafarer


A Woman's Lament


Wulf and Eadwacer


The Husband's Message


Deor


The Ruin


Heroic Poems


Judith


Elene


The Battle of Finnsburh


The Battle of Brunanburh


Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A.D. 975


The Battle of Maldon


Religious Poems


Caedmon's Hymn


Bede's Death Song: A Paraphrase


The Dream of the Rood


Christ I: Twelve Advent Lyrics


Genesis A: Abraham and Isaac


Genesis B


The Phoenix


Wisdom Poetry


Riddle 1


Riddle 2


Riddle 3


Riddle 7


Riddle 8


Riddle 11


Riddle 14


Riddle 15


Riddle 25


Riddle 26


Riddle 28


Riddle 29


Riddle 32


Riddle 33


Riddle 44


Riddle 45


Riddle 47


Riddle 57


Riddle 60


Riddle 66


Riddle 87


Maxims I


The Fortunes of Men


Physiologus


Charm for Bewitched Land


Prose


Paternoster


Old English Prose


Historical Prose


The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle


A.D. 449


A.D. 754


A.D. 755


A.D. 793


Testamentary and Legal Prose


Old English Wills


King Alfred's Will


Elfgifu's Will


Ealdorman Elfheah's Will


Ethelfleda's Will


Wulfwaru's Will


Ealdorman Ethelwold's Will


Old English Laws


King Alfred's Laws: Excerpts


Judgment by Ordeal


King Alfred's Treaty with King Guthrum of Denmark


Religious Prose


King Alfred's Preface to Gregory's Dialogues


Aelfric's Sermon for December 27, on the Assumption of Saint John the Apostle


Aelfric's Preface to His Translation of Genesis


Sermo Lupi, the Wolf's Sermon


The Harrowing of Hell


Social and Instructional Prose


Bede: Excerpts from the Old English Translation of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People


King Alfred's Preface to a Presentation Copy of a Translation of Saint Gregory the Great's Cura Pastoralis, Pastoral Care


King Alfreds Preface to Blossom-Gatherings from Saint Augustine


Aelfric's Dialogues (Colloquies)


Medical and Magical Prose


Eight Charms


Glossary


Proposed Solutions to the Riddles