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 | #428537 in Books |  Various |  1992-01-07 |  1992-01-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.79 x.47 x5.13l,.34 | File type: PDF | 192 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Fine Selection|By R. Albin|This is a fine, concise anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Alexander selected and translated a number of texts, based both on their quality and to provide a representative sample of different genres. Included are heroic poems, including some portions of Beowulf, religious verse, gnomic sayings, and a selection of riddle poems. The selections reflect|Language Notes|Text: English (translation)|About the Author|Michael Alexander has retired from the chair of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated The Earliest English Poe

Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language.

Michael Alexander has translated the best of the Old English poetry into modern English and into a verse form that retains the qualities of Anglo-Saxon metre and alliteration. Included in this selection are the "heroic poems" such as Widsith, Deor, Brun...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Earliest English Poems (Penguin Classics)   |  Various. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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