Poems and prose from the Old English /
Poems and prose from the Old English /
translated by Burton Raffel ; edited by Alexandra H. Olsen and Burton Raffel ; introductions by Alexandra H. Olsen.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c1998.
- xxv, 225 p. : 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Poetry. Prosody and style. The wanderer -- The seafarer -- A woman's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- The husband's message -- Deor -- The ruin. Poetry : elegies. Judith -- Elene -- The Battle of Finnsburh -- The Battle of Brunanburh -- Anglo-Saxon chronicle : A.D. 975 -- The Battle of Maldon. Poetry : heroic 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. Poetry : religious poems. Riddle 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 25 , 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 44, 45, 47, 57, 60, 66, 87 -- Maxims I -- The fortunes of men -- Physiologus -- Charms for bewitched land. Poetry : wisdom poetry. Paternoster -- Prose. Old English prose. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. A.D. 449 ; A.D. 754 ; A.D. 793. Prose : historical prose. King Alfred's will ; Elfgifu's will ; Ealdorman Elfheah's will ; Ethelfleda's will ; Wulfwaru's will ; Ealdorman Ethelwold's will -- King Alfred's laws : excerpts ; Judgment by ordeal ; King Alfred's treaty with King Guthrum of Denmark. Prose : testamentary and legal prose. Old English wills. Old English laws. 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. Prose : religious prose. 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 Alfred's preface to Blossom-gatherings from Saint Augustine -- Aelfric's dialogues (colloquies) Bede -- Prose : social and instructional prose. Eight charms. Prose : medical and magical prose.
0300069944 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780300069945 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97022556
English literature .--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Modernized versions.
Anglo-Saxons .--Literary collections.
Middle Ages .--Literary collections.
PR1508 / .P59 1998
Includes bibliographical references.
Poetry. Prosody and style. The wanderer -- The seafarer -- A woman's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- The husband's message -- Deor -- The ruin. Poetry : elegies. Judith -- Elene -- The Battle of Finnsburh -- The Battle of Brunanburh -- Anglo-Saxon chronicle : A.D. 975 -- The Battle of Maldon. Poetry : heroic 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. Poetry : religious poems. Riddle 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 25 , 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 44, 45, 47, 57, 60, 66, 87 -- Maxims I -- The fortunes of men -- Physiologus -- Charms for bewitched land. Poetry : wisdom poetry. Paternoster -- Prose. Old English prose. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. A.D. 449 ; A.D. 754 ; A.D. 793. Prose : historical prose. King Alfred's will ; Elfgifu's will ; Ealdorman Elfheah's will ; Ethelfleda's will ; Wulfwaru's will ; Ealdorman Ethelwold's will -- King Alfred's laws : excerpts ; Judgment by ordeal ; King Alfred's treaty with King Guthrum of Denmark. Prose : testamentary and legal prose. Old English wills. Old English laws. 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. Prose : religious prose. 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 Alfred's preface to Blossom-gatherings from Saint Augustine -- Aelfric's dialogues (colloquies) Bede -- Prose : social and instructional prose. Eight charms. Prose : medical and magical prose.
0300069944 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780300069945 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
97022556
English literature .--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Modernized versions.
Anglo-Saxons .--Literary collections.
Middle Ages .--Literary collections.
PR1508 / .P59 1998