Beowulf & other stories
Beowulf & other stories a new introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman literatures / [electronic resource] :
Beowulf and other stories
edited by Richard North and Joe Allard.
- 2nd ed.
- London : Routledge, 2014.
- xiv, 556 p., [20] p. of chiefly col. plates : ill., maps.
Second edition first published in 2012 by Pearson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why read Old English literature? -- 2. Is it relevant? -- 3. Is violence what Old English literature is about? -- 4. Is there more like Beowulf? -- 5. What else is there? -- 6. How Christian is OE literature? -- 7. How did OE literature start? -- 8. Were all the poets monks? -- 9. What was it like to be in the Anglo-Saxon or Viking world? -- 10. Did the Anglo-Saxons write fiction? -- 11. How difficult is the Old English language -- 12. When were the Vikings in England? -- 13. What gods did the Vikings worship? -- 14. Just who were the Vikings anyway? -- 15 .Were there stories in late OE literature? -- 16. What happened when the Normans arrived?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315832951 (e-book : PDF)
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Old Norse literature--History and criticism.
Anglo-Norman literature--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Second edition first published in 2012 by Pearson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Why read Old English literature? -- 2. Is it relevant? -- 3. Is violence what Old English literature is about? -- 4. Is there more like Beowulf? -- 5. What else is there? -- 6. How Christian is OE literature? -- 7. How did OE literature start? -- 8. Were all the poets monks? -- 9. What was it like to be in the Anglo-Saxon or Viking world? -- 10. Did the Anglo-Saxons write fiction? -- 11. How difficult is the Old English language -- 12. When were the Vikings in England? -- 13. What gods did the Vikings worship? -- 14. Just who were the Vikings anyway? -- 15 .Were there stories in late OE literature? -- 16. What happened when the Normans arrived?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781315832951 (e-book : PDF)
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Old Norse literature--History and criticism.
Anglo-Norman literature--History and criticism.
Electronic books.