{"product_id":"inside-old-english-9781119121398","title":"Inside Old English","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell \u003c\/i\u003eoffers readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together original essays written by prominent specialists in the field in honour of Bruce Mitchell, the eminent Oxford scholar and co-author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Guide to Old English, 6th edition\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical contexts of Old English texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the problems scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors provide authoritative and informative perspectives, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors ix \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBruce Mitchell xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFred C. Robinson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Walmsley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Eight Notes on the Beowulf Text 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred Bammesberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Point Well Taken: Manuscript Punctuation and Old English Poems 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Donoghue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Incomparable Wryness of Old English Poetry 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberta Frank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Straining Words and Striving Voices: Polysemy and Ambiguity and the Importance of Context in the Disclosure of Meaning 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonette diPaolo Healey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 “Eala, geferan and gode wyrhtan”: On Interjections in Old English 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRisto Hiltunen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Speaking One’s Mind in The Wanderer 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Irvine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Wulfstan’s Scandinavian Loanword Usage: An Aspect of the Linguistic Situation in the Late Old English Danelaw 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTadao Kubouchi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 An Aspect of Old English Poetic Diction: The Postpositioning of Prepositions 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Lapidge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Issues for Editors of Anglo-Saxon Poetry in Manuscript Form 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard J. Muir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Language and Style in Two Anonymous Old English Easter Homilies 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiroshi Ogawa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Latin Influence on an Old English Idiom: “To Wit” 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatti Rissanen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Germanic *uargaz (OE wearh) and the Finnish Evidence 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred C. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 How the Leopard Got His Spots: English Grammatical Categories, Latin Terms 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Walmsley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bibliography of Writings by Bruce Mitchell 1956–2004 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Editions Used 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Old English Words and Phrases 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects 291\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528847565143,"sku":"9781119121398","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119121398.jpg?v=1731873258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inside-old-english-9781119121398","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}