Select translations from Old English poetry / ed. with prefatory notes and indexes by Albert S. Cook ... and Chauncey B. Tinker.
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| Language: | English English, Old (ca. 450-1100) |
| Published: | Boston : Ginn & Company, 1902. |
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Table of Contents:
- I. Epic and historical pieces: Widsith. Selections from Beowulf. Battle of Brunanburh. Battle of Maldon
- II. Secular lyrics: The seafarer. The wanderer. The ruined city. Deor's lament. A loveletter. The banished wife's complaint. Gnomic verses. Riddles
- III. Religious lyrics: Cædmon's hymn. Bede's death-song. Selections from the Christ. Dream of the rood. Ruthwell cross inscription. Brussels cross inscription
- IV. Biblical poems: Selections from the Genesis. Selections from the Exodus. Judith
- V. Saints' legends: Selections from the Andreas. Selections from the Elene
- VI. Religious mythology: The Phœnix
- VII. Charms
- Bibliography: References for students of Old English poetry
- Appendix I. Selections from the verse-translations of Beowulf
- Appendix II. The song of Brunanburh
- Appendix III. Bede's account of the poet Cædmon
- Appendix IV. Fragment I of the Old Saxon Genesis, and the Old English Genesis, 790-820
- Index of subjects
- Index of media
- Index of titles.