About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192835475ISBN:0192835475
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean pages, no marks or tears, mild reading & shelf wear with dinged edges & corners, tanning to cover & pages, tight binding, solid. Text in English, Old (ca. 450-1100), English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 308 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Reader copy. ISBN: 0192835475; Pub. : Oxford University Press, USA; Pub. Date: 1999-06-24; Media: Paperback; Weight: 2.4 oz.; Covers have light edgewear. A couple cover corner tips are bent, curled; some creasing evident at corners. Cover has light surface wear. Light surface creases on covers. Binding is good. Highlighting and/or writing on at least 25 percent of pages. ISBN: 0192835475; Pub. : Oxford University Press, USA; Pub. Date: 1999-06-24; Media: Paperback; Weight: 2.4 oz.; Covers have ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2009-06-15
ISBN-13:9780199538713ISBN:0199538719
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780199538713. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780199538713ISBN:0199538719
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (320) ibeowulf, the battle of maldon, the dream of the ood, the wanderer, and the seafarer are among he greatest surviving anglo-saxon poems. they, and many ther treasures, are included in the anglo-saxon world: hronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above ll superb poems. here is a word picture of a people who ame to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred ears had become christians, to such effect that england was he centre of ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192835475ISBN:0192835475
Description: Very Good. 308 pages. Includes the full text of Beowulf; The Battle of Maldon; The Dream of the Rood; The Wanderer; and The Seafarer. Original price blacked-out. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192835475ISBN:0192835475
Description: Very Good. Size: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1 inches; CATALOGUED UNDER TITLE. Binding tight. Minor shelf wear. Some underlining in pencil. A few annotations in ink near front of book. Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 6/24/1999
ISBN-13:9780192835475ISBN:0192835475
Description: Fair. 0192835475 Front cover is torn and creased. Ships Within 24 Hours. Excellent Customer Service. Upto 15 Days 100% Money Back Gurantee. Try Our Fast! ! ! ! Shipping With Tracking Number. read more
"This anthology gathers works from fifteen different categories, everything from epics to poems to the famous Anglo-Saxon riddles. Having it all in one compact volume makes this a useful addition to a classics library."
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