内容简介
Thisacclaimedvolumeexploresandunravelsthecontexts,readings,genres,intertextualitiesanddebateswithinAnglo–Saxonstudies.Bringstogetherspecially–commissionedcontributionsfromateamofleadingEuropeanandAmericanscholars.Embracesboththeliteratureandtheculturalbackgroundoftheperiod.Combinesthediscussionofprimarymaterialandmanuscriptsourceswithcriticalanalysisandreadings.Considersthepast,presentandfutureofAnglo–Saxonstudies
作者简介
PhillipPulsianoislateProfessorofEnglishatVillanovaUniversity.HeauthorednumerousarticlesonOldandMiddleEnglishpoetryandprose,andco–editedtheGarlandEncyclopaediaofMedievalScandinavia(withPaulAckerandKirstenWolf).HehadcompletedthefirstvolumeofTheOldEnglishPsalters(forTorontoUniversityPress),andhadundertakensignificantresearchonLatinfemalesaints′livesfromthemedievalperiod,and(withJosephP.McGowan)theprosetextsintheBeowulf–manuscript:workthatwillbepublishedposthumously.ElaineM.TreharneisProfessorofEarlyEnglishatFloridaStateUniversity.SheisauthorofTheOldEnglishLifeofStNicholaswiththeOldEnglishLifeofStGiles(1997),co–editorofAnglo–SaxonManuscriptsandtheirHeritage(withPhilipPulsiano),RewritingOldEnglishintheTwelfthCentury(withMarySwan),andReadingsinMedievalTexts(withDavidJohnson).SheistheauthorofOldandMiddleEnglish:AnAnthology(Blackwell,2003)andaneditorforReviewofEnglishStudiesandLiteratureCompass.ShecurrentlyworksontheideologyofearlyEnglishtextsandtheirphysicalcontexts.
