
Old English Shorter Poems
Title:
Old English Shorter Poems
Author:
Series (if any):
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
320 pages
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
ISBN-13:
9780674053069
EAN:
9780674053069
Publication Date:
28/04/2014
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
556
Dimensions (mm):
209 x 140 x 21
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Old English Shorter Poems offers tantalizing insights into the Anglo-Saxon mental landscape. These poems and charms find meaning in the loss of fortune and reputation, exile, and alienation. Wisdom also emerges as folk remedies, such as charms to treat stabbing pain, cysts, childbirth, and nightmares of witch-riding caused by a dwarf.




















