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Richard Hamer, ed.
A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse.
Published London: Faber and Faber, 1970.
Series: Choice of Verse.
SBN 571087655.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: R. MacLehose & Co., University press, Glasgow.
Size: 132x196x12mm.
Page count: 207pp.
Main languages: Old English texts; facing translations, introduction & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a bit of wear on the edges and corners, some creasing on the spine; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for current edn. £10.00]
Weight without packaging: 211g.

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Contents: The Ruin; Durham; Fight at Finnsburh; Battle of Brunanburh; Battle of Maldon; Wife’s lament; Husband’s message; Wulf & Eadwacer; Deor; Riddles; Gnomic verses; A charm; Cædmon’s hymn; Bede’s death song; Almsgiving; Metrical preface & epilogue to the Pastoral Care; Judith; Dream of the Rood; The Wanderer; The Seafarer; The Whale.
Appendix: Textual variants.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 11pp
Notes: occasional, at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: references given before each poem
Index: no

See also | Old English literature | Anthologies |
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