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Hardcover Old English Shorter Poems Book

ISBN: 0674053060

ISBN13: 9780674053069

Old English Shorter Poems

(Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Series)

The twenty-five poems and eleven metrical charms in this Old English volume offer tantalizing insights into the mental landscape of the Anglo-Saxons. The Wanderer and The Seafarer famously combine philosophical consolation with introspection to achieve a spiritual understanding of life as a journey. The Wife's Lament, The Husband's Message, and Wulf and Eadwacer direct a subjective lyrical intensity on the perennial...

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