Judith (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies) - Softcover

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9780859895682: Judith (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0859895688 ISBN 13: 9780859895682
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Undergraduates frequently find the fine Old English poem JUDITH the most stimulating of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon period. In the past thirty years it has attracted a wide range of literary criticism both in the UK and the US. Feminist critics of English literature have been particularly interested by the ways in which the poet has adapted the traditional masculine heroic ethos of Old English poetry to a story figuring a violently active female protagonist.Yet there is no available edition of Judith which is either comprehensive or up to date, or which at all explains how and why the poem is worthy of our attention. This new edition aims to fill this gap. It includes a full Introduction and commentary by the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography and appendices.

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About the Author

Mark Griffith is Fellow and Tutor in English Language and Literature, New College, Oxford. His previous publications include Judith (Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies, 2001).

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Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0859895688
ISBN 13 
9780859895682
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Editor
Griffith Mark
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