Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Note on the text
- Abbreviations
- Chronological table of the Anglo-Saxon period
- Book part
- Book part
- 1 The social and political background
- 2 The Old English language
- 3 The nature of Old English verse
- 4 The Anglo-Saxon world view
- 5 Germanic legend in Old English literature
- 6 Values and ethics in heroic literature
- 7 Pagan survivals and popular belief
- 8 Beowulf
- 9 Preaching and teaching
- 10 Perceptions of transience
- 11 Perceptions of eternity
- 12 Biblical literature: the Old Testament
- 13 Biblical literature: the New Testament
- 14 The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England
- 15 Literacy and the uses of the vernacular
- 16 The world of Anglo-Saxon learning
- 17 Old English after 1066
- Further reading
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface to the second edition
- Note on the text
- Abbreviations
- Chronological table of the Anglo-Saxon period
- Book part
- Book part
- 1 The social and political background
- 2 The Old English language
- 3 The nature of Old English verse
- 4 The Anglo-Saxon world view
- 5 Germanic legend in Old English literature
- 6 Values and ethics in heroic literature
- 7 Pagan survivals and popular belief
- 8 Beowulf
- 9 Preaching and teaching
- 10 Perceptions of transience
- 11 Perceptions of eternity
- 12 Biblical literature: the Old Testament
- 13 Biblical literature: the New Testament
- 14 The saintly life in Anglo-Saxon England
- 15 Literacy and the uses of the vernacular
- 16 The world of Anglo-Saxon learning
- 17 Old English after 1066
- Further reading
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013