Widsith : A Study in Old English Heroic Legend
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
ISBN-10
1108015271
ISBN-13
9781108015271
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 2010
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.20 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval
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This 1912 book provides an introduction to the general background of German heroic poetry and detailed analyses of specific aspects of Widsith. It includes an annotated version of the poem and maps, as well as an appendix which will be valuable to students and scholars of Old English literature.
One of the few records of German heroic poetry, Widsith was found in the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late tenth century. The tale, in which the wandering poet and narrator Widsith recounts his travels across northern Europe, is often seen as a catalogue of tribes, people and heroes who existed between the third and fifth centuries. Yet it is also, in Raymond Wilson Chambers' words, a rare and valuable 'record of lost heroic song'. Originally published in 1912, Chambers' study provides an introduction to the background of the German heroic tradition, as well as detailed analyses of specific aspects of Widsith, such as the metre, geography, and critical reception of the poem. This scholarly edition also includes an annotated version of the poem, and maps, as well as an appendix which will be valuable to students and scholars of Old English literature.
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