Anglo-Saxon Aptitudes
John Gillingham, 17 November 1983
The Anglo-Saxons
edited by James Campbell.
Phaidon, 272 pp., £16.50, July 1982,0 7148 2149 7 Show More
edited by James Campbell.
Phaidon, 272 pp., £16.50, July 1982,
Anglo-Saxon Art: A New Perspective
by C.R. Dodwell.
Manchester, 353 pp., £35, October 1982,0 7190 0861 1 Show More
by C.R. Dodwell.
Manchester, 353 pp., £35, October 1982,
Anglo-Saxon Poetry
edited by S.A.J. Bradley.
Dent, 559 pp., £10.95, August 1982,0 460 10794 1 Show More
edited by S.A.J. Bradley.
Dent, 559 pp., £10.95, August 1982,
The Anglo-Saxon World
edited by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Boydell and Brewer, 275 pp., £9.95, November 1982,0 85115 169 8 Show More
edited by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Boydell and Brewer, 275 pp., £9.95, November 1982,
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: The Authentic Voices of England, from the Times of Julius Caesar to the Coronation of Henry II
by Anne Savage.
Heinemann, 288 pp., £14.95, March 1983,0 434 98210 5 Show More
by Anne Savage.
Heinemann, 288 pp., £14.95, March 1983,
“... without Beo wulf? By so thin a thread does our knowledge hang. In Anglo-Saxon Poetry S.A.J. Bradley presents the most comprehensive and sensibly arranged collection of modern English translations to have appeared to date. His prose is clear and he sticks close to the original; his introduction to each poem is concise and helpful. Students of both ... ”
