Description
Book SynopsisThis is a one-volume descriptive history of English literature from the beginning to the Norman Conquest. Emphasis is literary rather than linguistic. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Prince
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*I. The Anglo-Saxons, pg. 1*II. A Foreword to the Literature of the Anglo-Saxons, pg. 40*III. The Old English Heroic Epic Poems, pg. 56*IV. The Old English Christian Epic, pg. 105*V. Miscellaneous Old English Poetry, pg. 154*VI. A Note on Old English Literature and the Drama, pg. 206*VII. Anglo-Latin Literature in the Old English Period, pg. 212*VIII. The Work of King Alfred, pg. 257*IX. Aelfric and His Works, pg. 308*X. Wulfstan's Works and other Homiletic Prose, pg. 340*XI. Secular Didactic Writing in Old English Prose, pg. 370*XII. Prose Fiction of the Old English Period, pg. 375*XIII. Scientific Writings in the Old English Period, pg. 384*XIV. Retrospect, pg. 403*Further Additions to the Notes, pg. 415*Index, pg. 427
