The Anglo Saxon Literature Handbook

"This is a mighty and magisterial book that is at once deeply learned and highly accessible; to read it is to learn from one of the finest teachers in the field: this is exactly the kind of book I wish I had read when I was a student, and exactly the kind of book I wish I had written myself!"—Andy Orchard, University of Toronto

“Presenting an overview of work from the last fifteen years, this handbook offers a useful and detailed survey of the major periods and genres of Old English literature. Liberal use of quotations in Old English will help those new to the field trace larger political and social ideas to their original textual forms. Students will find it an effective starting point for exploration of Anglo-Saxon culture.”—Allen J. Frantzen, Loyola University