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The Anglo-Saxon World (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Anglo-Saxon World introduces the Anglo-Saxons in their own
words -- their chronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms,
and above all their magnificent poems. Most of the greatest
surviving poems are printed here in their entirety: the reader will
find the whole of Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, and the haunting
elegiac poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these
islands as pagans, subscribing to the Germanic heroic code, and yet
within 200 years had become Christian to such effect that England
was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart
of European civilisation.Kevin Crossley-Holland places the poems
and prose in context with his skilful interpretation of the
Anglo-Saxon world; his translations have been widely acclaimed, and
of Beowulf Charles Causley has written 'the poem has at last found
its translator'. The many illustrations draw on the splendours of
Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and jewellery and a wealth of
archaeological finds. KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND is a poet and writer
who takes a particular interest in the middle ages and in
traditional tale: in addition to his translations from the
Anglo-Saxon, he is also the author of versions of the Norse myths.
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