Old English Literature

This review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline.

• Examines the notable works and authors from the period, including Beowulf, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature
• Reinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies
• Addresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme
• Embraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with reference to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more

Old English Literature features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism

Old English Literature is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook

Old English Literature was written by John D Niles and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Wiley

Old English Literature has 352 pages

Yes it is part of Blackwell Guides to Criticism series

£63.86