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.
