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BL
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661731
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dltt
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Fulk, R. D., (Robert Dennis)
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| Title & Author
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A history of Old English literature /\ R. D. Fulk and Christopher M. Cain.
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| Edition Statement
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Second edition.
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| Series Statement
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Blackwell histories of literature.
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| Page. NO
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xi, 492 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9781118453230 (cloth)
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: 1118453239 (cloth)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-480) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Anglo-Saxon England and its literature: a social history -- The chronology and varieties of Old English literature -- Anglo-Saxon manuscripts -- Literature of the Alfredian period -- Homilies -- Saints' legends (Rachel S. Anderson) -- Biblical literature -- Liturgical and devotional texts -- Legal texts -- Scientific and scholastic texts -- Wisdom literature and lyric poetry -- Germanic legend and heroic lay -- Additions, annotations, and marginalia -- Conclusion: Making Old English new: Anglo-Saxonism and the cultural work of Old English literature.
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| Subject
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English literature-- Old English, ca. 450-1100-- History and criticism.
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Christian hagiography-- History-- To 1500.
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| LC Classification
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PR173.F85 2013
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| Added Entry
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Cain, Christopher M.
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