Old English Literature in Its Manuscript Context

This revised edition of Reading Old English aims to equip readers (advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and autodidacts) with the necessary tools to read the oldest recorded forms of the English language by explaining key language features clearly and methodically, without dumbing down or simplifying any of the core grammatical concepts.

Author: Joyce T. Lionarons
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Published: 09/16/2004
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.16w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780937058831

About the Author

Joyce Tally Lionarons is a professor in the Department of English at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania. She has been the president of the Delaware Valley Medieval Association and has served on the Executive Board of the Southeastern Medieval Association. She has also been a bibliographer in Studies in the Age of Chaucer and a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Patristric, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies.