The complete Old English poems / translated by Craig Williamson ; with an introduction by Tom Shippey.

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"From the riddling song of a bawdy onion that moves between kitchen and bedroom to the thrilling account of Beowulf's battle with a treasure-hoarding dragon, from the heart-rending lament of a lone castaway to the embodied speech of the cross upon which Christ was crucified, from the anxiety of Eve,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Middle Ages series.
Other Authors: Williamson, Craig, 1943- (Translator)
Shippey, T. A. (Writer of introduction)
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Translations into English.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > Translations into English.
Didactic poetry, English (Old) > Translations into English.
Riddles, English (Old) > Translations into English.
Didactic poetry, English (Old)
English poetry.
English poetry > Old English.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Riddles, English (Old)
Altenglisch.
Epos.
Lyrik.
450-1100
Translations.
Genre:
Translations into English.
Translations.
Physical Description:lv, 1,188 pages ; 25 cm.
Other Uniform Title:Caedmon manuscript. Container of (expression): English (Williamson)
Exeter book. Container of (expression): English.
Vercelli book. Container of (expression): English.
Beowulf. Container of (expression): English (Williamson)
Judith (Anglo-Saxon poem). Container of (expression): English (Williamson)
Format: Book

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