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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology Paperback – 12 February 2009

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Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many other treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: chronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above all superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred years had become Christians, to such effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart of European civilization. Kevin Crossley-Holland places poems and prose in context with his skilful interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon world; his translations have been widely acclaimed, and of Beowulf the poet Charles Causley has written, 'the poem has at last found its translator'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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  5. Publication date
    12 February 2009
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    English
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    19.3 x 2.03 x 12.7 cm
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press UK; 1st edition (12 February 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199538719
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199538713
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.3 x 2.03 x 12.7 cm
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Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy was translated into 25 languages, and the first book, The Seeing Stone, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and has sold well over one million copies worldwide. He is a poet and historical novelist for children, also very well known for his retellings of myth and traditional tale, including Norse Myths and Norse Tales, and for his translation of Beowulf. He was the President of the School Library Association (2012-17) and is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, a Patron of the Society of Storytelling, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His memoir of childhood, The Hidden Roads, was published in 2009.

Bracelet of Bones, the first of his Viking Sagas, was published in 2011 and the second, Scramasax, in 2012. His new collection of poems, Gravity for Beginners, will be published early in 2021.

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  • Mareike
    5.0 out of 5 stars nice
    Reviewed in Germany on 18 January 2021
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    i liked the translations very much, good additional infos regarding their making and the details mentioned in them
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  • Keith Prokup
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Overview
    Reviewed in the United States on 26 December 2017
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    I really can not recommend this collection highly enough. This book consists of several Anglo-Saxon texts, some excerpted, some in their entirety, of various types. It has, various forms of poetry, heroic, elegiac, epic, religious, it has historical texts, educational texts, legal texts, medical texts, all sorts of things. Although there’s lots of stuff in here that’s available elsewhere, especially the poetry and historical material, there’s also plenty of stuff that probably isn’t easy to find in a popular translation, and thus wouldn’t be very accessible to non-academics. All in all it provides a very good overview of the Anglo-Saxon world, it’s culture and history (although in the latter case it doesn’t go into much detail for the most part). One might complain that the translations for the poetry are not the best out there, but that misses the point somewhat, as the poetry is not presented here primarily for literary merit but for understanding of the themes and cultural ideas that the poetry focuses on, and the place poetry had in the broader Anglo-Saxon culture. If you want better translations of the poetry you’re better off finding a collection that focuses exclusively on poetry. The only other problem is that there are no annotations. There are short introductions for each of the sections of texts, but I don’t think they really provide sufficient context and information on their own. Annotations would’ve been nice in that regard. If you’re at all interested in medieval culture or the Anglo-Saxons in particular I would recommend this book.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
    Reviewed in Canada on 25 February 2017
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    Book was in great condition.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars very outstanding
    Reviewed in India on 20 September 2017
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    very nice
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  • jgr88
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to the culture, history and literature of the Anglo-Saxons
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2012
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    As someone who knew very little of the Dark Age/Early Middle Ages world that the Anglo-Saxons lived in, I can safely say that this is the best introduction I could have looked for. It is not a direct historical/chronological work, but it is not supposed to be that. What it is is a fantastic journey through the history, culture, religion and literature of the Anglo-Saxons, including some fantastic battle poems like the Battle of Maldon, one of the greatest epics ever put down (Beowulf) and some truly beautiful poems (Deor, The Wanderer, The Seafarer etc etc).

    I cannot praise this book enough. It is easy to read and truly fascinating. Once you've got this I'd suggest the Penguin history of the Anglo-Saxons to give you a context for these great works!
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