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Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse 15th Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0198111696
ISBN-10: 019811169X
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 418 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 15 edition (September 4, 1975)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 019811169X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198111696
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.7 x 5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Book So Nice I Bought It Twice
By Rick Terpstra on February 13, 2001
Format: Paperback
Apparently Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader has been used to teach generations of students the language of pre-Conquest England. It's not hard to see why. Sweet's offers users a wide variety of prose and poetry selections on which to hone their skills. An easy to use gloassary makes translations rather easy as the editors let you know which use of a word a particular section is going for (when there's more than one meaning for that word, obviously).
About the only drawback I found was the fact that the paperback was a bit flimsy. While I used the book daily in my Anglo-Saxon class, the book began to fall apart after about two weeks. Fortunately I found a used hardcover version of the book and was able to retire my paperback. Don't let this put you off, though, if you want to learn the language. The content is top-notch and very well explained and presented. However, I would recommend you by a grammar book along with this if you choose to buy Sweet's.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood Beginner Book on Anglo-Saxon
By Wyatt C. Kaldenberg on August 25, 2003
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A very good book for the beginner college student. The only problem I have with all the books on Anglo-Saxon is they are not layman friendly. They assume everyone one who is studying Old English has a degree. This reader is better than many, but there is a need for less assuming guides.
Wyatt Kaldenberg
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5.0 out of 5 starsI wish I had a proper education in the Anglo Saxon
By Scott C. Locklin VINE VOICE on February 9, 2010
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I came to this book from reading some online translations of the Book of Exeter, which were some of the most moving and glorious elegiac poetry I had ever had the good fortune to read. I was hoping this reader had English translations to help me puzzle out this weird Germanic language, but alas, I was disappointed in that, and should have read the description more closely. Still, it was helpful in reading along with the "Anglo Saxon Aloud" website, and fiddling aloud with what online translations I could find.
It makes me sad, though for different reasons the poems themselves make me sad. At one point, the American educational system was solid enough that High School students would use this reader to familiarize themselves with the language which preceded English. They also used to learn Latin; something I've had better luck with learning a bit of on my own thus far. This wasn't in some starched shirt Edwardian antiquity; my baby boomer parents know some Anglo Saxon. I have a Ph.D., and this sort of thing was apparently never thought worth my time. I don't know any Ph.D.'s in English literature who bothered with Anglo Saxon either; apparently this important part of English speaking heritage is now relegated to obscure boffins. I don't know what wonderful modern awesomeness has replaced this treasure of Western Civilization, but whatever it was wasn't worth it.

"How that time has passed away,
dark under the cover of night,
as if it had never been!"
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