Anglo-Saxon Verse

the long version

"In this study Graham Holderness brings Old English texts and the culture they embody within the reach of the general reader by providing new translations of heroic, elegiac, religious and love verses, translations which span the corpus from Beowulf to The Wife's Lament and bridge the gap between the unfamiliar language of their original composition and the modern English in which they are subsequently discussed and explained. As a general introduction to the subject this book opens up the language, literature and life of Anglo-Saxon England to the non-specialist, ending with a line by line, sample translation and detailed annotation as an impetus to further study."--BOOK JACKET.