Old and Middle English C.890-C.1400
Subtitle: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: enm; eng; ang
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9781405113120
Subjects: Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval; Middle Ages; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Middle English, 1100-1500; Medieval; ENGLISH LITERATURE (COLLECTIONS)_MIDDLE ENGLISH, 1100-1500; ENGLISH LITERATURE (COLLECTIONS)_OLD ENGLISH, ca. 450-1100; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections; English literature; Old English, ca. 450-1100
First sentence: St Petersburg, Saltykov-Schedrin Public Library, Q. v. I. 18, contains at the bottom of f. 1071 arguably the earliest surviving written record of oral Old English poetry: Caedmon's Hymn.