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The Cambridge Old English reader
- Title
- The Cambridge Old English reader / Richard Marsden.
- Author
- Marsden, Richard.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- xxxiv, 532 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The fifty-six prose and verse texts in this major new reader of Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest, include established favorites such as The Battle of Maldon and King Alfred's Preface to his Pastoral Care. It also includes some less familiar works. Modern English word glosses and explanatory notes are on the same page of the text. Other features include a reference grammar and a comprehensive glossary. The Reader is designed for undergraduate and advanced students. - Publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- readers.
- Literary collections
- Literature
- Readers (Publications)
- Sources
- Literature.
- Lectures et morceaux choisis.
- Littérature.
- Anthologie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the writing and pronunciation of Old English -- The texts: Teaching and learning -- Keeping a record -- Spreading the word -- Example and exhortation -- Telling tales -- Reflection and lament -- Manuscripts and emendations -- Reference grammar.
- ISBN
- 0521454263
- 9780521454261
- 0521456126
- 9780521456128
- 9780521455128 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2003043579
- 9780521456128
- OCLC
- ocm51653109
- 51653109
- SCSB-1359225
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library