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English literature, History and criticism

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Old English, ca. 450-1100

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1906, D. Appleton and company
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1900, D. Appleton and company
in English - 3d ed.
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The development of old English thought
1896, D. Appleton
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS.
Introduction 1
CHAPTER I.
The Continental Homestead 5
I. English and Aryan 5
II. Soil, Climate, and Character 8
III. Laws and Customs 12
IV. Condition of Woman 23
V. The Mead-Hall 30
VI. Language and Poetry 33
VII. Philosophy 47
CHAPTER II.
Keltic Influence 57
I. Kelt and Teuton 57
II. Kymric Kelt 61
III. Gaedhil and Kymry 68
IV. Keltic Sentiment 72
CHAPTER III.
The Old Creed and the New 77
I. The English in their Insular Homestead 77
II. Gregory the Great 79
III. Augustin and Paulinus 84
IV. Relapse and Recovery 88
V. Shadow and Substance 91
CHAPTER IV.
Whitby 97
I. St. Hilda 97
II. The Story of Cedmon's Life Unraveled 100
III. The Themes Cedmon Sang 106
IV. The Secret of Cedmon's Success 110
V. Cedmon at Work 114
VI. Cedmon's Influence at Home and Abroad 123
CHAPTER V.
Canterbury 131
I. Theodore and Aldhelm 131
II. The Poem of Andreas 136
III. Cynewulf 146
IV. The Poems of Judith, Guthlac, and a Lover's Message 147
CHAPTER VI.
Jarrow and York 152
I. Benedict Biscop 152
II. Beda 153
III. Alcwin 160
IV. Popular Philosophy 163
V. The Reflective Mood in Poetry 170
CHAPTER VII.
Winchester 175
I. Alfred the Great 175
II. Spirit of Laws 180
III. The Sentiment of Nationality 186
CHAPTER VIII.
Abingdon 193
I. The Two Alfrics 194
II. Tenth Century Poetry 200
Conclusion 206

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OL25930215M
Internet Archive
DevelopmentOfTheOld
OCLC/WorldCat
249304112

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