The Epic of the Fall of Man: A Comparative Study of Cædmon, Dante and Milton (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Epic of the Fall of Man: A Comparative Study of Cædmon, Dante and Milton

The language, the poetry, the history, the political institutions, the forensic system, the ecclesiastical polity, the social customs, and the antiquities in general of anglo-saxon England have, each and all, been explored, in recent years especially, by some of the ablest scholars in Europe, with the result of placing in the hands of the student of this period invaluable help in the prosecution of his subject.

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Excerpt from The Epic of the Fall of Man: A Comparative Study of Cædmon, Dante and Milton

It is a comparative study of two existing poems, and does not profess to touch upon any outlying questions, however fascinating or important they may be in themselves.

In this study I have taken, as the basis of my translation of Caedmon, the text of the Jumian manu script, edited by Mr. Benjamin Thorpe, for the Society of Antiquaries of London col lated with the original manuscript, preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.