A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Contexts and Perspectives: An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Vernacular English: Elaine Treharne and Phillip Pulsiano. An Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Latin Literature: Joseph P. McGowan. Transmission of Literature and Learning: Anglo Saxon Scribal Culture: Jonathan Wilcox. Authorship and Anonymity: Mary Swan. Audience(s), Reception, Literacy: Hugh Magennis. Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Production: Issues of Making and Using: Michelle P. Brown. 2. Readings: Cultural Framework and Heritage: The Germanic Background: Patrizia Lendinara. Religious Context: Pre-Benedictine Reform Period: Susan Irvine. The Benedictine Reform and Beyond: Joyce Hill. Legal and Documentary Writings: Carole Hough. Scientific and Medical Writings: Stephanie Hollis. Prayers, Glosses and Glossaries: Phillip Pulsiano. 3.Genre and Modes: Religious Prose: Roy M. Liuzza. Religious Poetry: Patrick W. Conner. Secular Prose: Donald G. Scragg. Secular Poetry: Fred Robinson. Anglo-Latin: Joseph P. McGowan. 4. Intertextualities: Sources and Influences: Biblical and Patristic Learning: Tom Hall. The Irish Tradition: Charles E. Wright. Germanic Influences: Rolf Bremmer. Scandinavian Relations: Robert E. Bjork. 5. Debates and Issues: English in the Post-Conquest Period: Elaine Treharne. Anglo-Saxon Studies: Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: Tim Graham. Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: England, Denmark, America: J. R. Hall. Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: Germany, Austria, Switzerland: Hans Sauer. By the Numbers: Anglo-Saxon Scholarship at the Century's End: Allen Frantzen. The New Millennium: Nicholas Howe.