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Beschreibung
Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many their treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: hronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above ll superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred years had become Christians, tosuch effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart of European civilization.
Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many their treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: hronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above ll superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred years had become Christians, tosuch effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart of European civilization.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Includes: The Wanderer; The Seafarer; Beowulf; The Battle of Malden; and other poems, prose passages, tracts, and sermons
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199538713
ISBN-10: 0199538719
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Behn, Aphra
Übersetzung: Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 197 x 131 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Aphra Behn
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2009
Gewicht: 0,235 kg
Artikel-ID: 101717431