This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ’s cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon’s Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.
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Michael Alexander is Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, and translator/editor of Beowulf: A Verse Translation and Beowulf: A Glossed Text, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment and The Earliest English Poems.
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Zustand: Bueno. : Esta antología reúne una selección de los poemas más antiguos y destacados escritos en inglés, abarcando desde relatos de batallas hasta canciones de amor. Incluye obras de la época en que la poesía se transmitía oralmente, como fragmentos de Beowulf y La batalla de Brunanburgh, que narra la victoria del rey Athelstan en el año 937 d.C. También se incluyen poemas que reflexionan sobre el exilio y el destino, como El vagabundo y El marinero, así como proverbios y acertijos ingeniosos. Las elegías amorosas expresan las emociones de amantes separados, y los poemas devocionales presentan visiones de la cruz de Cristo y el himno de Caedmon, uno de los poemas más antiguos en inglés. EAN: 9780140433784 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: The First Poems in English Autor: Anonymous Editorial: Penguin Classics Idioma: en Páginas: 176 Formato: tapa blanda. Artikel-Nr. Happ-2025-03-25-f640373b
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Zustand: New. A selection of the earliest poems in English comprising works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. This work contains natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles that are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136. . 2008. Reprint. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Artikel-Nr. V9780140433784
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A collection of the finest and earliest poems composed in English, from tales of battle to love songsThis selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan's defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ's cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon's Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Artikel-Nr. 9780140433784
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