Visible Song

Visible Song

Author: Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780521375504

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This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse, whether it was transmitted orally or written down.


Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse

Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse

Author: Samantha Zacher

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-12-05

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1441121102

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The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book shows how these vernacular poets commemorated the Hebrews as God's 'chosen people' and claimed the inheritance of that status for Anglo-Saxon England. Drawing on contemporary translation theory, the book undertakes close readings of the poems Exodus, Daniel and Judith in order to examine their methods of adaptation for their particular theologico-political circumstances and the way they portray and problematize Judaeo-Christian religious identities.


Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Author: S. A. J. Bradley

Publisher: Everyman Paperback

Published: 1995-02-15

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9780460875073

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Anglo–Saxon poetry is esteemed for its subtle artistry and for its wealth of insights into the artistic, social and spiritual preoccupations of the formative first centuries of English literature. This anthology of prose translations covers most of the poetry surviving in the four major codices and in various other manuscripts. A well–received feature is the grouping by codex to emphasize the great importance of manuscript context in interpreting the poems. The full contents of the Exeter Book are represented, summarized where not translated, to facilitate appreciation of a complete Anglo-Saxon book. The introduction discusses the nature of the legacy, the poet's role, chronology, and especially of translations attempt a style acceptable to the modern ear yet close enough to aid parallel study of the old English text. A check–list of extant Anglo-Saxon poetry enhances the practical usefulness of the volume. The whole thus adds up to a substantial and now widely–cited survey of the Anglo–Saxon poetic achievement.


The Penguin Book of English Verse

The Penguin Book of English Verse

Author: P J Keegan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-09-30

Total Pages: 1360

ISBN-13: 0141941871

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This ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.


Holy Bible (NIV)

Holy Bible (NIV)

Author: Various Authors,

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2008-09-02

Total Pages: 6793

ISBN-13: 0310294142

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The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.


Old English Biblical Verse

Old English Biblical Verse

Author: Paul G. Remley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-06-28

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 052147454X

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An extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group.