A Guide to Old English

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A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple,clear philology with the best literary works to provide acompelling and accessible beginners' guide. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to Old English * Uses a practical approach suited to the needs of the beginningstudent * Features selections from the greatest works of Old Englishliterature, organized from simple to more challenging texts to keeppace with the reader * Includes a discussion of Anglo-Saxon literature, history, andculture, and a bibliography directing readers to usefulpublications on the subject * Updated throughout with new material including the first 25lines from Beowulf with detailed annotation and anexplanation of Grimm's and Verner's laws

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Bruce Mitchell

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Englische Literatur / Alt- u. Mittelenglisch, Mittelalter Grossbritannien /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte Literature Literaturwissenschaft Old, Middle & Medieval English Literature

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"This is still the most comprehensive introduction to Old Englishavailable, providing detailed analysis of the language, literature,history, and culture of the Anglo-Saxons. This new edition expandson the changes in languages, and provides additional material onBeowulf." --Stuart Lee, Oxford University "Mitchell and Robinson's A Guide to Old English, nowavailable in its eighth edition, is an invaluable resource forteaching and delighting students of Old English. It is unsurpassedin its combination of a meticulously scholarly approach with awide-ranging selection of Old English texts. The authors'enthusiasm for the subject is evident on every page and carries thereader with it." --Susan Irvine, University College London
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