Earliest English Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 075341189X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English (translation)
These verse translations have sold over half a million copies in Penguin, for whom he has also edited Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment. For Penguin he has translated The Earliest English Poems (now The First Poems in English) and Beowulf. Michael Alexander has retired from the chair of En
ONE OF THE GREAT GLORIES OF EUROPE - OLD ENGLIHS POETRY. READ IT NOW IN MICHAEL ALEXANDER'S BEAUTIFUL TRANSLATIONS
"Found the phrase, framed rightly" according to FrKurt Messick. One of the characteristic aspects of Old English/Anglo-Saxon poetry is that it is highly alliterative; done in short measures with a break (the most common pattern), the use of alliteration can almost drive one to distraction until one gets into the rhythm and proce. Great Early Anglo Saxon Writings. Good Notes Too! Let me first say that this is a great introductory work and I think very highly of it. However, this collection's title is sort of a misnomer. It should really be called "Introducton" or "excerpts from Pre-Norman English Writings". To think of all of the work as poe. spacedog said a great collection. recommended. definitely an interesting collection; most are of excerpts. had a good balance of the typical ragin' vikings fare (mostly battle scenes) and some surprisingly eloquent ballad selections. "the wanderer" is amazing: " War took off some, / carried them on their course