{"product_id":"inside-old-english-isbn-9781119121398","title":"Inside Old English","description":"\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 Notes 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 \u003cp\u003eJOHN WALMSLEY, Professor emeritus of \u003ci\u003eEnglische Sprache und Literatur und ihre Didaktik\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, read English Language and Literature at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and General Linguistics and Education at Edinburgh and Durham Universities respectively. He held teaching posts at Hamburg University and St. Mary's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before being appointed to his chair at Bielefeld. From 1993 to 1994 he was Visiting Fellow at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics (RCEAL) Cambridge, England. His publications cover topics in linguistics, applied linguistics and foreign-language teaching, and the history of linguistics. Current interests include the role of linguistics in education, linguistic terminology and its history, and late medieval English grammar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eInside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English. \u003cp\u003eConsisting of a series of original essays written by prominent specialists in the field, \u003ci\u003eInside Old English\u003c\/i\u003e enables readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical discourses of Old English. It gives them an appreciation of the relationship between Old English authors and scribes, and of how language and usage have changed and developed over time, thus helping them to understand the problems modern-day scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach of the contributors writes in a straightforward and authoritative style, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989431927013,"sku":"NP9781119121398","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119121398.jpg?v=1761784078","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/inside-old-english-isbn-9781119121398","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}