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"Beowulf & Other Stories "was first conceived in the belief
that the study of Old English and its close cousins, Old Icelandic
and Anglo-Norman can be a genuine delight, covering a period as
replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in
literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection
of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build
upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the
literatures of the time.
"Beowulf & Other Stories" captures the fire and bloodlust of
the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of
the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the
spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity
of The Dream of the Rood, andprovide the student and general reader
with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but
rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts
of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on
matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon
input into The Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose
works to the transition from Old to Middle English. It also
branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to
the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S.
Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in
the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp
linguistic overview of the entire period.
With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on Anglo-Saxon archaeology
and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on the prose writers of
the English Benedictine Reform, this updated second edition will be
essential reading for students of the period."
The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and
Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible
introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many
of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings
to The Chronicles of Narnia, and which set the foundations of the
English language and its literature as we know it today.
Edited, translated and annotated by the editors of Beowulf &
Other Stories, the anthology introduces readers to the rich and
varied literature of Britain, Scandinavia and France of the period
in and around the Viking Age. Ranging from the Old English epic
Beowulf through to the Anglo-Norman texts which heralded the
transition Middle English, thematically organised chapters present
elegies, eulogies, laments and followed by material on the Viking
Wars in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Vikings gods and Icelandic
sagas, and a final chapter on early chivalry introduces the new
themes and forms which led to Middle English literature, including
Arthurian Romances and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Laying out in parallel text format selections from the most
important Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman works, this
anthology presents translated and annotated texts with useful
bibliographic references, prefaced by a headnote providing useful
background and explanation.
Beowulf and Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that
the study of Old English and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and
Anglo-Norman can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete
with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now
in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written
by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its
established reputation as the standard introduction to the
literatures of the time. Beowulf and Other Stories captures the
fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the
sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh
interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The
Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood,
andprovide the student and general reader with all they might need
to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book
sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with
suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the
dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into The Lord of
the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition
from Old to Middle English. It also branches out into related
traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas,
Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an
outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English
language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview
of the entire period. With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on
Anglo-Saxon archaeology and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on
the prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform, this updated
second edition will be essential reading for students of the
period.
The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and
Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible
introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many
of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings
to The Chronicles of Narnia, and which set the foundations of the
English language and its literature as we know it today. Edited,
translated and annotated by the editors of Beowulf and Other
Stories, the anthology introduces readers to the rich and varied
literature of Britain, Scandinavia and France of the period in and
around the Viking Age. Ranging from the Old English epic Beowulf
through to the Anglo-Norman texts which heralded the transition
Middle English, thematically organised chapters present elegies,
eulogies, laments and followed by material on the Viking Wars in
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Vikings gods and Icelandic sagas, and a
final chapter on early chivalry introduces the new themes and forms
which led to Middle English literature, including Arthurian
Romances and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Laying out in parallel
text format selections from the most important Old English, Old
Icelandic and Anglo-Norman works, this anthology presents
translated and annotated texts with useful bibliographic
references, prefaced by a headnote providing useful background and
explanation.
Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early
medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape
itself. For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water
and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient
creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same
environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were
objects that a modern beholder would be unlikely to think of as
living things, but could yet be considered to possess a vitality
that rendered them potent. Still others were things half glimpsed
on a dark night or seen only in the mind's eye; strange beasts that
haunted dreams and visions or inhabited exotic lands beyond the
compass of everyday knowledge. This book discusses the various ways
in which the early English and Scandinavians thought about and
represented these other inhabitants of their world, and considers
the multi-faceted nature of the relationship between people and
beasts. Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language,
literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here
reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals,
monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to
represent the bestial could be to holda mirror to the self. MICHAEL
D.J. BINTLEY is Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature and Culture
at Birkbeck, University of London; THOMAS WILLIAMS is a former
curator of Early Medieval Coins at the British Museum.
Contributors: Noël Adams, John Baker, Michael D. J. Bintley, Sue
Brunning, László Sándor Chardonnens, Della Hooke, Eric Lacey,
Richard North, Marijane Osborn, Victoria Symons, Thomas J. Williams
Anglo-Danish Empire is an interdisciplinary handbook for the Danish
conquest of England in 1016 and the subsequent reign of King Cnut
the Great. Bringing together scholars from the fields of history,
literature, archaeology, and manuscript studies, the volume offers
comprehensive analysis of England's shift from Anglo-Saxon to
Danish rule. It follows the history of this complicated transition,
from the closing years of the reign of King AEthelred II and the
Anglo-Danish wars, to Cnut's accession to the throne of England and
his consolidation of power at home and abroad. Ruling from 1016 to
1035, Cnut drew England into a Scandinavian empire that stretched
from Ireland to the Baltic. His reign rewrote the place of Denmark
and England within Europe, altering the political and cultural
landscapes of both countries for decades to come.
This is the first edition of Andreas for 55 years, also the first
to present the Anglo-Saxon, or rather Old English, text with a
parallel Modern English poetic translation. The book aims not only
to provide both students and scholars with an up-to-date text and
introduction and notes, but also to reconfirm the canonical merit
of Andreas as one of the longest and most important works in Old
English literature. The introduction to our text is substantial,
re-positioning this poem in respect of nearly six decades' progress
in the palaeography, sources and analogues, language, metrics,
literary criticism and archaeology of Andreas. The book argues that
the poet was Mercian, that he was making ironic reference to
Beowulf and that his story of St Andrew converting pagan
Mermedonian cannibals was coloured by King Alfred's wars against
the Danes (871-9, 885-6, 892-6). Andreas is here dated to Alfred's
later reign with such analysis of contexts in history and ideology
that the author's name is also hypothesized. The Old English text
and Modern English translation of Andreas are presented in a
split-page format, allowing students at whatever level of
familiarity with the Anglo-Saxon vernacular to gain a direct access
to the poem in close to its original form. The translation follows
the poem's word order and style, allowing modern readers to feel
the imagination, ideology and humour of Andreas as closely as
possible. The text of the Old English poem is accompanied by a full
set of supporting notes, and a glossary representing the
translation.
Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early
medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape
itself. For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water
and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient
creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same
environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were
objects that a modern beholder would be unlikely to think of as
living things, but could yet be considered to possess a vitality
that rendered them potent. Still others were things half glimpsed
on a dark night or seen only in the mind's eye; strange beasts that
haunted dreams and visions or inhabited exotic lands beyond the
compass of everyday knowledge. This book discusses the various ways
in which the early English and Scandinavians thought about and
represented these other inhabitants of their world, and considers
the multi-faceted nature of the relationship between people and
beasts. Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language,
literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here
reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals,
monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to
represent the bestial could be to holda mirror to the self. Michael
D.J. Bintley is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at
Canterbury Christ Church University; Thomas J.T. Williams is a
doctoral researcher at UCL's Institute of Archaeology.
Contributors: Noel Adams, John Baker, Michael D. J. Bintley, Sue
Brunning, Laszlo Sandor Chardonnens, Della Hooke, Eric Lacey,
Richard North, Marijane Osborn, Victoria Symons, Thomas J. Williams
This is the first edition of Andreas for 55 years, also the first
to present the Anglo-Saxon, or rather Old English, text with a
parallel Modern English poetic translation. The book aims not only
to provide both students and scholars with an up-to-date text and
introduction and notes, but also to reconfirm the canonical merit
of Andreas as one of the longest and most important works in Old
English literature. The introduction to our text is substantial,
re-positioning this poem in respect of nearly six decades' progress
in the palaeography, sources and analogues, language, metrics,
literary criticism and archaeology of Andreas. The book argues that
the poet was Mercian, that he was making ironic reference to
Beowulf and that his story of St Andrew converting pagan
Mermedonian cannibals was coloured by King Alfred's wars against
the Danes (871-9, 885-6, 892-6). Andreas is here dated to Alfred's
later reign with such analysis of contexts in history and ideology
that the author's name is also hypothesized. The Old English text
and Modern English translation of Andreas are presented in a
split-page format, allowing students at whatever level of
familiarity with the Anglo-Saxon vernacular to gain a direct access
to the poem in close to its original form. The translation follows
the poem's word order and style, allowing modern readers to feel
the imagination, ideology and humour of Andreas as closely as
possible. The text of the Old English poem is accompanied by a full
set of supporting notes, and a glossary representing the
translation.
Since its publication in 2003, The Great Deception has taken on the
role of the Eurosceptics' bible, with the third edition helping to
fuel the debate during the 2016 EU Referendum. This fourth edition
celebrates the moment when the UK broke away from the European
Union, having been extensively re-edited to incorporate newly
available archive material, and updated to include the tumultuous
events of recent years. The Great Deception, therefore, tells for
the first time the inside story of the most audacious political
project of modern times, from its intellectual beginnings in the
1920s, when the blueprint for the European Union was first
conceived by a British civil servant, right up to the point when
the UK resumes its path at as an independent sovereign nation after
47 years of membership of the European project in its various
guises. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence and existing sources,
scarcely an episode of the story does not emerge in startling new
light, from the real reasons why de Gaulle kept Britain out in the
1960s to the fall of Mrs Thatcher and the build-up to the
referendum campaign which had its roots in the Maastricht Treaty.
The book chillingly shows how Britain’s politicians were
consistently outplayed in a game the rules of which they never
understood. It ends by evaluating the post referendum negotiations
and asking whether this is the end of an episode or just a new
beginning.
One of the earliest preserved Skaldic poems, which were based on
highly complex rules of alliteration and metre, this 10th-century
work praises the gift of a painted shield depicting mythological
scenes. This is a bilingual edition of the poem.
Two months after the suspicious and much-publicized death of his
father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam
Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds - both within his
family and himself - torn open by the tragedy. Moreover, as the
court inquest into Benjamin Blaine's death continues, it is taking
all of Adam's cunning to protect those closest to him from figures
who still suspect that Adam's father was murdered by one of his
kin. But the sternest test of all is Adam's proximity to Carla
Pacelli - his late father's mistress; and a woman who, despite
being pivotal to his family's plight, Adam finds himself
increasingly drawn to. The closer he gets to this beautiful,
mysterious woman, the further Adam feels from his troubles. Yet the
closer he also comes to revealing the secrets he's strived to
conceal, and condemning the people he's fought so hard to protect.
'On September 11, we will destroy one of your cities with a nuclear
weapon.' A nuclear warhead disappears. A chilling broadcast
follows. A country waits in fear. Yet the broadcast deceives. And,
with the world's eyes fixed on America, the true target is
dangerously exposed. Agent Brooke Chandler senses the decoy and
raises his concern. His superiors are not prepared to listen.
Unless he can convince them, one cataclysmic flash of light will
signal a dark new dawn of civilization.
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Eclipse (Paperback)
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Richard North Patterson
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'This is a high-profile death with several possible explanations.
Which can be summarized as jumped, fell or pushed.' Adam Blaine
returns to Martha's Vineyard out of duty rather than grief, after
his father - bestselling author and celebrated human rights
activist Benjamin Blaine - falls to his death. Having been
estranged from his father for ten years, Adam is surprised to
discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especially
as the will disinherits Adam's family, leaving their wealth and
home to Ben's recent lover, young actress Carla Pacelli. Adam's
mission - to undo the will and protect his blood, whether innocent
or guilty, from criminal charges - forces him to confront his own
past, and pulls him into a labyrinth of lies, deception and
betrayal . . .
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June, 1968. America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil
unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane - spending the summer
of her twenty-second year on Martha's Vineyard - life could not be
safer, nor the future more certain. Educated at Wheaton, soon to be
married, and the youngest daughter of the patrician Dane family,
Whitney has everything she has ever wanted, and is everything her
all-powerful and doting father, Charles Dane, wants her to be. But
the Vineyard's still waters are disturbed by the appearance of
Benjamin Blaine. An underprivileged, yet fiercely ambitious and
charismatic young man, Blaine is a force of nature neither Whitney
nor her family could have prepared for. As Ben's presence begins to
awaken independence within Whitney, it also brings deep-rooted Dane
tensions to a dangerous head. And soon Whitney's set-in-stone
future becomes far from satisfactory, and her picture-perfect
family far from pretty. A sweeping family drama of dark secrets and
individual awakenings, set during the most consequential summer of
recent American history.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall
not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun
and in the morning We will remember them. Familiar words said in
Northchurch, Hertfordshire and across the country, during the
annual Remembrance Day services. It is now 100 years since the
First World War, and nearly 80 years since the one that followed.
To many, the names of the servicemen who died during these and
other conflicts are just that, names. Who were they, what was their
background, what were the circumstances leading to their deaths?
For those remembered each year in Northchurch, this book aims to
answer some of these questions. Amateur historians Richard North
and Ray Smith have spent several years researching and writing this
book. Richard is a retired IT compliance manager and Ray works for
Independent Television News.
This is a general study of the development of higher education in
Europe from antiquity until the end of the Middle Ages, set against
a background of the social and political history of the period. It
shows how the slender traditions of ancient learning, kept alive in
the monastic and cathedral schools, was enriched by an enormous
influx of knowledge from the Islamic world and how in consequence
the schools developed into universities. These early institutions
are examined from a variety of points of view, as institutions, as
places where ideas spread and as points of interaction with local
and national authority. Special attention is paid to early
intellectual history and to the scientific disciplines and to the
everyday life of the students and their teachers. The book is
intended as a broad introduction to the subject for students of the
history of education, but it will also attract general readers with
only a slight knowledge of the subject.
This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed
in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on
behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of
composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in
Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet is named as the abbot,
Eanmund. As well as pinpointing the poem's place and date of
composition, Richard North raises some old questions relating to
the poet's influences from Vergil and from living Danes. Norse
analogues are discussed in order to identify how the poet changed
his heroic sources while four episodes from Beowulf are shown to be
reworked from passages in Vergil's Aeneid. One chapter assesses how
the poem's Latin sources might correspond with what is known of
Breedon's now-lost library while another seeks to explain Danish
mythology in Beowulf by arguing that Breedon hosted a meeting with
Danish Vikings in 809. This fascinating and challenging new study
combines careful detective work with meticulous literary analysis
to form a case that no future investigation will be able to ignore.
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