Title: Old English and Continental Germanic Literature in Comparative Perspectives
Description: " In modern scholarship, however, rarely are early continental Germanic literary remains discussed in the same breath with the Anglo-Saxon materials in spite of the apparent relationships, in distinct contrast to the well-explored relationships between Old English literature and Old Norse. The purpose of this collection of essays is to redress that absence. The essays collected here aim to compare key texts and practices of the Anglo-Saxons with their continental counterparts. Motifs, scribal habits, tropes, and themes are here explored connecting Beowulf, Heliand, and Exodus specifically, as well as exploring some elements on a larger cultural canvas"--
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, old english, ca. 450-1100, Comparative literature, Germanic literature, English literature, History and criticism, Old English and Germanic, Germanic and Old English, Littérature anglaise, Histoire et critique, Littérature germanique, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Old English