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James Paz proposes reading objects which feature Old English poems or phrases as part of the literary output of the time, and as "speaking objects". [77] These objects include the Ruthwell monument (which includes a poem similar to the Dream of the Rood preserved in the Vercelli Book), the Frank's Casket, the Alfred Jewel. [77]
There are multiple candidates for first novel in English partly because of ignorance of earlier works, but largely because the term novel can be defined so as to exclude earlier candidates. (The article for novel contains detailed information on the history of the terms "novel" and "romance" and the bodies of texts they defined in a historical ...
The Old English Hexateuch, or Aelfric Paraphrase, [1] is the collaborative project of the late Anglo-Saxon period that translated the six books of the Hexateuch into Old English, presumably under the editorship of Abbot Ælfric of Eynsham (d. c. 1010). [2]
Gongsun Longzi: Book of Master Gongsun Long; Cangjiepian: Cang Jie's Chapter; Lament for Ying (Āi Yǐng) Bu Ju: Divination; Yu Fu: Fisherman; Nine Changes (Jiǔ Biàn) Zhao Hun: Summons of the Soul; Da Zhao: The Great Summons; Sorrow for Troth Betrayed (Xī Shì) Etruscan [broken anchor]: Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (Linen Book of Zagreb) Sanskrit:
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
The Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis or Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, is a large codex of Old English poetry, believed to have been produced in the late tenth century AD. [1] It is one of the four major manuscripts of Old English poetry , along with the Vercelli Book in Vercelli, Italy, the Nowell Codex in the British Library ...
The Early English Text Society (EETS) is a text publication society founded in 1864 which is dedicated to the editing and publication of early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript. Most of its volumes contain editions of Middle English or Old English texts.
Beowulf (/ ˈ b eɪ ə w ʊ l f /; [1] Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature.
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