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The Longman anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman literatures
"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 to Middle English, thematically organised chapters present elegies, eulogies, laments and riddles, poems of devotion, sagas and histories, and romances. Works of the earliest English prose are...
