Author: Michael Alexander
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520015043
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Earliest English Poems
Author: Michael Alexander
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520015043
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520015043
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The First Poems in English
Author: Michael Alexander
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141918764
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 187
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This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ’s cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon’s Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141918764
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ’s cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon’s Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.
Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: George Ellis
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Languages : en
Pages : 462
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Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: George Ellis
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: George Ellis
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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The Lives of the English Poets
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Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: George Ellis
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: George Ellis
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis
Author: English poets
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Pages : 446
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Specimens of the Early English Poets
Author: English Poets
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Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Pages : 380
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