{"product_id":"9780631220565","title":"Old English Literature A Guide to Criticism with Selected Readings","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Guides to Criticism\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOld English Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Guide to Criticism with Selected Readings\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn D. Niles\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis review of the critical reception of Old English literature from 1900 to the present moves beyond a focus on individual literary texts so as to survey the different schools, methods, and assumptions that have shaped the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the notable works and authors from the period, including \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, the Venerable Bede, heroic poems, and devotional literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReinforces key perspectives with excerpts from ten critical studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses questions of medieval literacy, textuality, and orality, as well as style, gender, genre, and theme\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmbraces the interdisciplinary nature of the field with reference to historical studies, religious studies, anthropology, art history, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn D. Niles is the Frederic G. Cassidy Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley. A former President of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, he is the author or editor of a dozen books on Old English literature and related topics, including \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066­­­­­­–­1901: Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eBeowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition \u003c\/i\u003e(1983).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e09 May 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631220565\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380464709772,"sku":"9780631220565","price":89.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631220565_58441087-d398-48fc-9ebe-f2819994d644.jpg?v=1780236683","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631220565","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}