Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse

Henry Sweet, Dorothy Whitelock

15th Edition

Paperback (28 Aug 1975) | English,English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This popular reader--a standard since its first edition in 1876--helps students acquire a sound elementary knowledge Old English by studying of a rich variety of poetry and prose. Selections cover a wide range of dialects and genres, from an early Northumbrian form of Caedmon's Hymn and ninth-century Kentish charters to the complete texts of The Dream of the Rood and Wulfstan's Address to the English, with ample literary and historical notes.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780198111696
Publisher:	OUP OXFORD
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	28 Aug 1975
Edition:	15th Edition
DEWEY:	829
DEWEY edition:	18
Language:	English,English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Number of pages:	408
Weight:	398g
Height:	124mm
Width:	184mm
Spine width:	27mm