Old English literature - Wikipedia
Old English literature refers to poetry (alliterative verse) and prose written in Old English in early medieval England, from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman Conquest of 1066, a period often termed Anglo-Saxon England. [1]
Old English literature | Anglo-Saxon, Epic Poetry, Beowulf
Old English poetry has survived almost entirely in four manuscripts: the Exeter Book, the Junius Manuscript, the Vercelli Book, and the Beowulf manuscript. Old English prose works include legal writings, medical tracts, religious texts, and translations from Latin and other languages.
Old English - Wikipedia
Old English literacy developed after the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England in the late 7th century. The oldest surviving work of Old English literature is Cædmon's Hymn, which was composed between 658 and 680 but not written down until the early 8th century. [2]
10 Works of Anglo-Saxon Literature Everyone Should Read
2017年3月8日 · But there’s a wealth of great literature written in Old English, as the following pick of ten of the best testifies (we hope). For a good anthology of Anglo-Saxon literature in modern translation, we recommend The Anglo-Saxon World An Anthology (Oxford World’s Classics). 1. Anonymous, The Exeter Book riddles.
Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066 A.D) in English Literature
2022年2月22日 · Angles, Saxons and Jutes first came from the desire to save England from the Picts and Scots, but because England was a favorable place to settle, they settled there. Read More: Aristotle’s concept of tragedy. The name of England is made by the name of Angles. Angle’s land means England.
English literature - Old English, Poetry, Manuscripts | Britannica
English literature - Old English, Poetry, Manuscripts: The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who invaded Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries brought with them the common Germanic meter; but of their earliest oral poetry, probably used for panegyric, magic, and short narrative, little or …
Old English (c. 500 - c. 1100) - History of English
2025年1月7日 · The oldest surviving text of Old English literature is “Cædmon’s Hymn”, which was composed between 658 and 680, and the longest was the ongoing “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”. But by far the best known is the long epic poem “Beowulf” .
A Brief History of English Literature - Literary Theory and Criticism
2018年7月18日 · The Old English language or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest form of English. The period is a long one and it is generally considered that Old English was spoken from about A.D. 600 to about 1100. Many of the poems of the period are pagan, in particular Widsith and Beowulf.
Research Guides: Old English Language & Literature: Home
2024年10月3日 · Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon, was the West Germanic language spoken in England from the 5th to 11th centuries. Old English is closely related to other older West Germanic languages, such as Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German, and it shares Germanic ancestry with Old Norse and Gothic as well.
Old English literature - Wikisource, the free online library
2024年9月4日 · The Junius Manuscript contains reworkings of three Books of the Old Testament into Old English epic poetry, as well as Christ and Satan, which inspires rather from the New Testament. Genesis; Daniel; Exodus; Christ and Satan