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Poems and prose from the Old English / translated by Burton Raffel ; edited by Alexandra H. Olsen and Burton Raffel ; introductions by Alexandra H. Olsen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1998.Description: xxv, 225 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300069944 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780300069945 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780300069952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Poems from the Old English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR1508 .P59 1998
Contents:
Poetry. Prosody and style.
Poetry : elegies. The wanderer -- The seafarer -- A woman's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- The husband's message -- Deor -- The ruin.
Poetry : heroic poems. Judith -- Elene -- The Battle of Finnsburh -- The Battle of Brunanburh -- Anglo-Saxon chronicle : A.D. 975 -- The Battle of Maldon.
Poetry : 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.
Poetry : wisdom poetry. 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.
Prose. Paternoster -- Old English prose.
Prose : historical prose. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. A.D. 449 ; A.D. 754 ; A.D. 793.
Prose : 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.
Prose : 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.
Prose : social and instructional prose. Excerpts from the Old English translation of the Ecclesiastical history of the English people / Bede -- 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)
Prose : medical and magical prose. Eight charms.
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The Iddi Basajjabalaba Memorial Library Postgraduate open shelves PR1508 .P59 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 002 Available Material is available in hard copy 2017-165642746950823
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Includes bibliographical references.

Poetry. Prosody and style.

Poetry : elegies. The wanderer -- The seafarer -- A woman's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- The husband's message -- Deor -- The ruin.

Poetry : heroic poems. Judith -- Elene -- The Battle of Finnsburh -- The Battle of Brunanburh -- Anglo-Saxon chronicle : A.D. 975 -- The Battle of Maldon.

Poetry : 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.

Poetry : wisdom poetry. 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.

Prose. Paternoster -- Old English prose.

Prose : historical prose. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. A.D. 449 ; A.D. 754 ; A.D. 793.

Prose : 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.

Prose : 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.

Prose : social and instructional prose. Excerpts from the Old English translation of the Ecclesiastical history of the English people / Bede -- 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)

Prose : medical and magical prose. Eight charms.

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