A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse [Paperback]

Richard Hamer (Author)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (September 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0571087655
• ISBN-13: 978-0571087655
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,927,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best available introduction to OE poetry for beginners., April 30, 1999

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[e-mail] Thomas D. Hill (Ithaca, NY (Cornell University)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse (Paperback)

Old English poetry is hard to translate for a variey of reasons. OE poetic style is very compact, very nominal and very dense.Accurate translations often seem wordy; "poetic" ones tend to miss a lot. This is the only book currently available ( as far as I know) which provides a selection of OE poems in a bilingual format. I have used this book in teaching; the translations are pretty good and the OE is right there for the curious. A good and very handy book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend To The OE Reader, December 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse (Hardcover)

My Old English class in college was the most laborious of them all especially as my textbook was stolen, which had an extensive glossary. This book helped smooth out the rough edges of my translations and just gave me a better sense of how to put the words together in some coherent form. It's a nice collection of the most well known OE verses and poems and should prove interesting to the non-student who is interested in very old poetry and etymology as well.

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of purchase, November 30, 2008

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This review is from: A Choice of Anglo Saxon Verse (Paperback)

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