Langbeschreibung
Extensively revised for the second edition, this Reader includes a new extract from Beowulf as well as a new Beginning Old English section for newcomers to the Old English language, strengthening student support. Extensive notes, annotation and glossing make this an accessible and scholarly introduction to Old English.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction; 2. Beggarman, thief, 1690-1713; 3. Protest and resistance, 1713-31; 4. Vestries, justices and their opponents: 1731; 5. Reformers and their discontents: 1748-63; 6. Finding a voice: 1763-76; 7. The State in chaos, 1776-89; 8. Epilogue, the 1790s; Bibliography.