1997, ISBN: 9781230137933

Blackwell Pub, 1997 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Stated FIFTH EDITION. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. 376 pages. NO writing, mar… More...

Blackwell Pub, 1997 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Stated FIFTH EDITION. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. 376 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Covers show light wear (NO tears). A Guide to Old English is now the standard and most popular introduction to Old English language and literature. The fifth edition has been revised and corrected to take into account suggestions from teachers and students. The two most important new features are a substantial introduction to Old English metre (Appendix C of Part One) and the addition of Ælfric's account of Edmund King and Martyr to the prose texts of Part Two. Key features of Part One are the fact that sound changes are not treated as an abstract system divorced from the texts, but are discussed when they become relevant to an understanding of the apparent irregularities in inflexion; the authoritative section on syntax; and the introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies, which discusses language, literature, history, archaeology, and ways of life. In Part Two the prose texts selected are those traditionally chosen by teachers precisely because they offer the best introduction to the literature and culture of the period. The verse texts, which with the exception of four extracts from Beowulf are all complete, show something of the range that Old English poetry offers in mood, intensity of feeling, humour, and natural observation. The texts are accompanied by full explanatory notes at the foot of the page and a detailed glossary. Although most readers of A Guide to Old English will be undergraduate and graduate students, the book has been written so that it can be used by those working on their own who wish simply to gain a greater understanding and enjoyment of the language and literature of the Anglo-Saxons.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Blackwell Pub, 1997, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 26 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1810 edition. Excerpt: . . . last of the East Anglian kings, was crowned, as appears by an ancient manuscript, quoted in the description of Bury, and being massacred by the Danes under Henger and Hubba, was also here interred in the year 903. On the body of St. Edmund being deposited at this place its name was changed to Eadmonstow, or St. Edmunds Bury, and several secular priests settling here built a new church to tin: , honour of the royal martyr; st first there were but seven or eight in number, but they increased in a few years to nineteen; namely, fourteen priests and five deacons all having their several prebends, and became a perfect college about the year 925, when king Ethelstan is said to have been their founder. St. Edmunds Bury being famous for its church and riches, Swein, the Danish king, when ravaging the lui. A nil -V GATE AND CHURCH GATE, ST. EDMUNs BURY. neighbouring country, required a large sum to deter him from burning the church and town, which the people neglecting or refusing to pay, he, in his fury, had them both destroyed by fire: for which, according to the monkish legends, he was shortly after severely punished. For being in the midst of his followers, he suddenly exclaimed he was smitten by St. Edmund with a sword, and languishing three days in great torment of body and mind, he expired. . Canute his son, who succeeded to the crown, according to the same authority, being terrified by a vision of St. Edmund to expiate his fathers crimes, rebuilt the church, and restored the town to greater splendour than it ever before possessed, eichanging the seculars for monks of the order of St. Benedict, brought from Hulm, in Norfolk. It was then rebuilt in 1090, and made, as Leland says, a royal abbey, Canute offering up his crown. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 9781230137933

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 26 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 26 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1810 edition. Excerpt: . . . last of the East Anglian kings, was crowned, as appears by an ancient manuscript, quoted in the description of Bury, and being massacred by the Danes under Henger and Hubba, was also here interred in the year 903. On the body of St. Edmund being deposited at this place its name was changed to Eadmonstow, or St. Edmunds Bury, and several secular priests settling here built a new church to tin: , honour of the royal martyr; st first there were but seven or eight in number, but they increased in a few years to nineteen; namely, fourteen priests and five deacons all having their several prebends, and became a perfect college about the year 925, when king Ethelstan is said to have been their founder. St. Edmunds Bury being famous for its church and riches, Swein, the Danish king, when ravaging the lui. A nil -V GATE AND CHURCH GATE, ST. EDMUNs BURY. neighbouring country, required a large sum to deter him from burning the church and town, which the people neglecting or refusing to pay, he, in his fury, had them both destroyed by fire: for which, according to the monkish legends, he was shortly after severely punished. For being in the midst of his followers, he suddenly exclaimed he was smitten by St. Edmund with a sword, and languishing three days in great torment of body and mind, he expired. . Canute his son, who succeeded to the crown, according to the same authority, being terrified by a vision of St. Edmund to expiate his fathers crimes, rebuilt the church, and restored the town to greater splendour than it ever before possessed, eichanging the seculars for monks of the order of St. Benedict, brought from Hulm, in Norfolk. It was then rebuilt in 1090, and made, as Leland says, a royal abbey, Canute offering up his crown. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 9781230137933

James Storer, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Antiquarian-and-Topographical-Cabinet~~James-Storer, 999999999, Antiquarian and topographical cabinet;… More...

James Storer, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books, , Antiquarian-and-Topographical-Cabinet~~James-Storer, 999999999, Antiquarian and topographical cabinet; containing a series of elegant views of the most interesting objects of curiosity in Grea, James Storer, 1230137939, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<