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Robert E Bjork
An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards.
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The Cynewulf Reader is a collection of classic original essays presenting a comprehensive view of elusive Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf, his language, and his work.
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This collection focuses on the legacy of Old English poetry and includes new interpretations of works such as Exeter Book Riddle 5, which provides an enduring legacy of social critique…
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages is an outstanding resource for anyone studying, or with an interest in, all aspects of European history, society, religion, and culture from 500…
Old English Shorter Poems offers tantalizing insights into the Anglo-Saxon mental landscape. These poems and charms find meaning in the loss of fortune and reputation, exile, and alienation. Wisdom also…
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Cynewulf
Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply…
Jan Fridegard
Sweden?s great saga of the Viking Age, The Viking Slave Trilogy, is steeped in Norse myth and pagan ritual recounting the sensual but often cruel demands of the gods Odin…
An epic saga of chieftains, women, slaves, and Viking warriors that takes the reader deep into the heart of old Kingdom of the Swedes, where men and women face the…
An epic of warrior chieftains, their women and their slaves. Land of Wooden Gods, book 1 of the Viking Slave Trilogy tests belief in the Norse Gods and the sacrificial…
The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is a landmark of European literature. The book has been written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience, from non-specialists…
Readers will find that the book remains recognizably Klaeber’s work, but with altered and added features designed to render it as useful today as it has ever been.
