Author: T.A. Shippey

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-08-10

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1000921190

Old English Verse (1972) covers the whole range of Old English poetry: the heroic poems, notably Beowulf and Malden; the ‘elegies’, such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer; the Bible stories and the lives of the saints which mark the end of pagan influence and the beginning of Christian inspiration; the Junius Manuscript; and finally King Alfred. All the many quotations are translated.