The Cambridge Old English Reader
The Cambridge Old English Reader by Richard Marsden is a comprehensive resource published by Cambridge University Press on April 2, 2015. This extensively revised second edition spans 614 pages and serves as a significant new reader of Old English prose and verse, featuring a variety of texts that include both well-known works and lesser-known pieces. The book includes a new ‘Beginning Old English’ section aimed at newcomers, along with modern English glosses for each prose passage and poem, making it accessible for those interested in the Old English language.
Readers will find fifty-seven individual texts, including established favorites like The Battle of Maldon and Wulfstan’s Sermon of the Wolf, as well as unique extracts such as one from Apollonius of Tyre. The edition provides extensive notes, a succinct reference grammar, and guides to pronunciation and grammatical terminology. A comprehensive glossary analyzes all Old English words present in the book, while headnotes for each text section establish their literary and historical contexts, showcasing the cultural diversity of Anglo-Saxon England. This edition offers a scholarly introduction to Old English, making it a valuable resource for those studying literary criticism and the historical development of the English language.
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This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with the addition of a new ‘Beginning Old English’ section for newcomers to the Old English language, along with a new extract from Beowulf. The fifty-seven individual texts include established favourites such as The Battle of Maldon and Wulfstan’s Sermon of the Wolf, as well as others not otherwise readily available, such as an extract from Apollonius of Tyre. Modern English glosses for every prose-passage and poem are provided on the same page as the text, along with extensive notes. A succinct reference grammar is appended, along with guides to pronunciation and to grammatical terminology. A comprehensive glossary lists and analyses all the Old English words that occur in the book. Headnotes to each of the six text sections, and to every individual text, establish their literary and historical contexts, and illustrate the rich cultural variety of Anglo-Saxon England. This second edition is an accessible and scholarly introduction to Old English.
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