Andreas and The Fates of the Apostles

Brooks, Kenneth R. Ed

ISBN 10: 0198114222 / ISBN 13: 9780198114222

Published by Oxford University at the Clarendon Press, London, 1961

About this Item

184 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Bound in dark blue oxford cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. Light foxing top fore-edge. NOTE: This is the original 1961 Oxford Clarendon edition. Not the Sandpiper reprint.

Seller Inventory # 047096

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Andreas and The Fates of the Apostles
• Publisher: Oxford University at the Clarendon Press, London
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198114222
• ISBN 13: 9780198114222
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good to Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Despite its obvious stylistic defects, Andreas may justly be reckoned one of the most interesting Old English poems, notable for its vigorous narrative and varied vocabulary. This critical edition includes Cynewulf's short poem The Fates of the Apostles, once thought to be the conclusion of Andreas. Brooks's critical edition has a full textual commentary, a glossary and an introduction dealing with the sources of the poems, their language and metre, and the question of Beowulfian influence on Andreas. (1961)