{"product_id":"old-and-middle-english-c-890-c-1450-isbn-9781405181204","title":"Old and Middle English c.890-c.1450","description":"Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English, culminating in some of the finest works produced in English in the high Middle Ages.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew edition of this widely-used anthology of Old and Middle English literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNow extended to include newly-edited versions of \u003ci\u003eOld English Wonders of the East\u003c\/i\u003e, of \u003ci\u003ePoema Morale\u003c\/i\u003e, extracts from Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFull translations are offered for the Old and earlier Middle English material, along with marginal glosses for the later texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA general introduction gives an outline of key works and the historical context in which they are written\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlphabetical List of Authors and Works x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements to the First Edition xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements to the Third Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology of Events and Literary Landmarks xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBede’s Ecclesiastical History 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCædmon’s Hymn 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Settlement of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes; The Life of Cædmon 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Translation of Gregory’s Pastoral Care 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslation of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Accounts of the Journeys of Ohthere and Wulfstan 24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnnal 755: Cynewulf and Cynheard; Annal 855–78: The Death of Edmund; Alfred’s Battles with the Vikings 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reign of Æbelstan and The Battle of Brunanburh 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Exeter Book 48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvent Lyrics vii and viii 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wanderer 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Seafarer 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Whale 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeor 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWulf and Eadwacer 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExeter Book Riddles 5, 7, 12, 26, 29, 30, 43–6, 55 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wife’s Lament 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Husband’s Message 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ruin 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vercelli Book 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fates of the Apostles 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVercelli Homily x 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dream of the Rood 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÆlfric 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld English Preface to his First Series of Catholic Homilies 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomily on the Nativity of the Innocents 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld English Preface to his Lives of Saints 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassion of Saint Edmund 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Battle of Maldon 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Beowulf-Manuscript 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wonders of the East 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeowulf 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudith 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Junius Manuscript 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExodus 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWulfstan’s Sermo Lupi ad Anglos 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKing Cnut’s Letter to the English of 1020 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApollonius of Tyre 275\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Peterborough Chronicle 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Life of Saint Margaret 308\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hymns of Saint Godric 324\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Orrmulum 326\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCambridge, Trinity College B. 14. 52 335 \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoema Morale, edited by Carla M. 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She has published extensively on Old and Middle English literature, and focuses particularly on medieval manuscripts and their contexts of production. She is a General Editor of the Oxford Textual Perspectives Series, Editor of Essays and Studies, Medieval Editor for Review of English Studies, and a former Chair and President of the English Association. She is the founding convenor of the English Association Special Interest Group in the History of Books and Texts.  Building on the success of the first two editions of \u003ci\u003eOld and Middle English: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (2000, 2004), \u003ci\u003eOld and Middle English\u003c\/i\u003e c.\u003ci\u003e890-\u003c\/i\u003ec\u003ci\u003e.1400: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable seminar resource. Spanning almost seven centuries, this anthology of literary texts ranges from the earliest writings in English up to the time of Chaucer. 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