TY - BOOK AU - North,Richard AU - Allard,Joe TI - Beowulf & other stories: a new introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman literatures SN - 9781315832951 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Literature, Medieval KW - History and criticism KW - English literature KW - Old English, ca. 450-1100 KW - Old Norse literature KW - Anglo-Norman literature KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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?; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781315832951 ER -