Faber & Faber

A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse: Richard Hamer

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Synopsis:

The essential canon of Old English poetry, with parallel verse translation, in this now classic edition.

A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse contains the Old English texts of all the major short poems, such as The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer and The Seafarer, as well as a generous representation of the many important fragments, riddles and gnomic verses that survive from the 7th to the 12th centuries, with facing-page verse translations. These poems are the wellspring of the English poetic tradition, and this anthology provides a unique window into the mind and culture of the Anglo-Saxons.

The volume is an essential companion to Faber's edition of Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney.

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Poetry

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Poetry Anthologies

Genres & Themes:

Anglo Saxon; Translations