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Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader In Prose and Verse

by Henry Sweet, Dorothy Whitelock, Dorthy (Ed.) Whitelock
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Synopsis

This popular reader--a standard since its first edition in 1876--helps students acquire a sound elementary knowledge Old English by studying of a rich variety of poetry and prose. Selections cover a wide range of dialects and genres, from an early Northumbrian form of Caedmon's Hymn and ninth-century Kentish charters to the complete texts of The Dream of the Rood and Wulfstan's Address to the English, with ample literary and historical notes.

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Book Details

Published
September 1, 1975
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pages
418
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780198111696

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