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Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Aesop's fables
ISBN : UCSC:32106006275579
Author : Aesop,Albert Keiser,Harry Stuart Vedder Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Christianity in literature
ISBN : UIUC:30112028232624
Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1011604868
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Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0483262072
Excerpt from The Influence of Christianity on the Vocabulary of Old English Poetry It seems that about the time of the arrival Of the Roman missionaries the polytheistic religion had begun to lose its hold upon the thinking men Of at least some Of the tribes. The circumstances surrounding the con version Of Northumbria suggest that the Old religion no longer satisfied their needs, a fact plainly apparent from the speeches of Coifi and one Of the chief councilors. The rapidity with which Christianity was adopted would point in the same direction.8 Contact with Christian ideas had begun to undermine the Old paganism and to hasten the process of degeneration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Literature and morals
ISBN : OCLC:1033781563
Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Christianity and literature
ISBN : OCLC:1070531313
Author : Albert Keiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Christianity in literature
ISBN : UCR:31210003096540
Author : H. S. Mac Gillivray
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0484358316
Excerpt from The Influence of Christianity, Vol. 8: On the Vocabulary of Old English No one of the above cited authors had, to my mind, treated the theme anything like as exhaustively as the subject demanded. In the lists of words and expressions cited it was often hard to see precisely wherein the influence of Christianity consisted; and the reader was forced to a continual use of the dictionary to supply the deficiency. Furthermore no trace of an exposition of the historical development of a word or expression within the language in question was to be observed; in short the entire treatment seemed to me much too brief and rudimentary. Starting out with the intention of reading only the more important anglo-saxon monuments, I soon found it desirable for even a tolerably complete presentation of my subject to include within the scope of the investigation every work of any importance in the language. This, of course, much ih creased the bulk of preparatory work. I had hoped to complete the whole as a dissertation; but have been compelled by the increased amount of the materials collected to abandon this purpose and publish at the present a work equal to about one third of the entire undertaking. I trust to be enabled at a future date to complete the remaining parts of the work. Part I. Discusses the Church in its entirety; i. E. Treats all words and expressions relating to the divisions of the human race, the departed members of the Church, secular and monastic clergy, ecclesiastical dress and revenues, ecclesiastical edifices, holy times and seasons, divine service, and the Bible. Part II. Will discuss belief and whatsoever is connected there with; e. G. Various religious conceptions and abstract ideas, God, the Trinity, philosophical notions of the world, sin, penance, confession, etc. For the second part much material has already been collected. It has not been found advisable to treat prose and poetry separately, there being too few variations in the poetic usage from that of the prose; where such occur they have been noted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : G.A. Lester
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349245611
This book gives a linguistic overview of the first eight centuries of English poetry - years which produced such key works as Beowulf, Layaman's Brut and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It begins with chapters on the social and literary context, before turning in more detail to subjects such as poetic diction, rhymed and alliterative verse, borrowed words, recurrent phrases, rhetoric and linguistic variety. Aimed at the beginning student and general reader, the book seeks to enhance appreciation and enjoyment by making the linguistic resources of the poets better understood.
Author : Derek Pearsall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429578144
Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the functions that it was assigned are historically integral to an informed understanding of the nature of poetry. The book aims to relate poems to the intellectual and formal traditions by which they are shaped and given their being. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying or working in the fields of literature and history alike.
Author : Russell Gilbert Poole
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0859915301
Bibliography and guide to scholarly literature on the genre of Old English wisdom poetry. Wisdom literature played a crucial role in the evolution of traditional societies, contributing to the structure of society and to the acceptance of new ideas within a culture, a function that has become increasingly understood. Old English wisdom literature is the focus of this volume, which offers an bibliography of the scholarly criticism between 1800 and 1990 of a group of largely secular poems comprising the metrical Charms, The Fortunes of Men, The Gifts of Men, Homiletic Fragments I and II, Maxims I and II, The Order of the World, Precepts, the metrical Proverbs, the Riddles of the Exeter Book, the Rune Poem, Solomon and Saturn, and Vainglory. A General Introduction investigates debates between scholars and establishes overall trends; it is followed by the bibliography proper, divided into chapters, each with its own introduction, focusing on a major text or collection of texts, with entries arranged chronologically. Dr RUSSELL POOLEteaches in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand.
Author : Maren Clegg Hyer,Haruko Momma,Samantha Zacher
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843845614
Essays demonstrating how the careful study of individual words can shed immense light on texts more broadly.
Author : Jonathan Wilcox
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780859915762
Humour is rarely seen to raise its indecorous head in the surviving corpus of Old English literature, yet the value of reading that literature with an eye to humour proves considerable when the right questions are asked. Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature provides the first book-length treatment of the subject. In all new essays, eight scholars employ different approaches to explore humor in such works as Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon, the riddles of the Exeter Book, and Old English saints' lives. An introductory essay provides a survey of the field, while individual essays push towards a distinctive theory of Anglo-Saxon humour. Through its unusual focus, this collection will provide an appealing introduction to both famous and lesser-known works for those new to Old English literature, while those familiar with the usual contours of Old English literary criticism will find here the value of a fresh approach. Contributors: JOHN D. NILES, T.A. SHIPPEY, RAYMOND P. TRIPP JR, E.L. RISDEN, D.K. SMITH, NINA RULON-MILLER, SHARI HORNER, HUGH MAGENNIS. JONATHAN WILCOX is Associate Professor of English at the University of Iowa and editor of the Old English Newsletter. Although the question of humour in the surviving corpus of Old English literature has rarely been discussed, the potential for analyzing this literature in terms of its humor is in fact considerable. In the essays especially commissioned for this volume, the first book-length treatment of Anglo-Saxon humor, eight of the foremost scholars in the field use different approaches to explore humor in the surviving literature of Anglo-Saxon England, in such works as Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon, the riddles of the Exeter book, and Old English saints' lives. The articles are prefaced with an introduction surveying the field. Through its unusual focus, this collection will provide an appealing introduction to both famous and lesser-known works for those new to Old English literature, while those familiar with the usual contours of Old English literary criticism will find here the value of a fresh approach. JONATHAN WILCOX is Associate Professor of English at the University of Iowa and editor of the Old English Newsletter.
Author : George Watson,Ian Roy Willison
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 1296 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : English literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : John F. Vickrey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781611461688
Readers of Old English would generally agree that the poem Genesis B, a translation into Old English of an Old Saxon (that is, continental) retelling of the story of the Fall, is a vigorous and moving narrative. They would disagree, however, as to the meaning of the poem. Some hold that it reflects an orthodox Christian viewpoint and others claim that it assumes a distinctly unorthodox position in portraying Adam and Eve as not morally culpable in their disobedience but merely tricked into disobedience through the wiles of the Devil's agent. The study Genesis B and the Comedic Imperative, examining these incompatible readings, infers that the poem is essentially orthodox, that it demonstrates sufficiently the moral culpability of Adam and Eve, and that it departs from orthodoxy only insofar as it conveys a strong impression that Adam and Even will undertake what amounts to Christian penance, leading them eventually to Heaven. The poem thereby attains the happy ending typical of early medieval Christian narrative. Hence the titular "Comedic Imperative." The inference of orthodoxy follows as a nigh-inevitable conclusion of the interpretation of several motifs: the poem's culturally imbued martiality, its allegorical bent, and also what A. N. Doane noted as its tropological bent. The argument depends heavily upon philological inquiry and on examination of prevailing beliefs and attitudes of contemporaneous Frankish society, religious and civil, leading to the reinterpretation of crucial passages. Of these, most notably, is the passage in which Adam, in refusing the Tempter's invitation to eat the fruit, observes that the Tempter has given no tacen ‘sign’ as evidence that he truly is God’s emissary. Other passages that have impeded critical perception of the poem's significance are also examined, such as the notorious micel wundor clause (lines 595-98) and the pseudo-gnomic declaration swa hire eaforan sculon after lybban (623-35). In sum, Genesis B sustains the orthodoxy otherwise of the Junius 11 manuscript.