Introduction to Old English

Introduction to Old English
Author: Peter S. Baker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2012-02-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 047065984X

Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a “minitext” feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred’s Preface to Gregory’s Pastoral Care

Old English and its Closest Relatives

Old English and its Closest Relatives
Author: Orrin W. Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134848994

This accessible introductory reference source surveys the linguistic and cultural background of the earliest known Germanic languages and examines their similarities and differences. The Languages covered include:Gothic Old Norse Old SaxonOld English Old Low Franconian Old High German Written in a lively style, each chapter opens with a brief cultural history of the people who used the language, followed by selected authentic and translated texts and an examination of particular areas including grammar, pronunciation, lexis, dialect variation and borrowing, textual transmission, analogy and drift.

Poems ...

Poems ...
Author: William Wordsworth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 1915
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