A history of OE literature

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1、AHISTORYOFOLDENGLISHLITERATURER.D.FulkandChristopherM.Cainwithachapteronsaints’legendsbyRachelS.AndersonAHistoryofOldEnglishLiteratureBLACKWELLHISTORIESOFLITERATUREGeneraleditor:PeterBrown,UniversityofKentatCanterburyThisseriesaimstobecomprehensiveandsuccinct,andtorecognizethattowriteliteraryhisto

2、ryinvolvesmorethanplacingtextsinchrono-logicalsequence.Thustheemphasiswithineachvolumefallsbothonplottingthesignificantliterarydevelopmentsofagivenperiodandonthewiderculturalcontextswithinwhichtheyoccurred.“Culturalhis-tory”isconstruedinbroadtermsandauthorsaddresssuchissuesaspolitics,society,thear

3、ts,ideologies,varietiesofliteraryproductionandconsumption,anddominantgenresandmodes.Eachvolumeevaluatesthelastingeffectsoftheliteraryperiodunderdiscussion,incorporatingsuchtopicsascriticalreceptionandmodernreputations.Theeffectofeachvolumeistogivethereaderasenseofpossessingacrucialsectorofliterary

4、terrain,ofunderstandingtheforcesthatgiveaperioditsdis-tinctivecast,andofseeinghowwritingofagivenperiodimpactson,andisshapedby,itsculturalcircumstances.Eachvolumerecommendsitselfasprovidinganauthoritativeandup-to-dateentréetotextsandissues,andtheirhistoricalimplications,andwillthereforeintereststud

5、ents,teachersandthegeneralreaderalike.Theseriesasawholewillbeattractivetolibrariesasaworkthatrenewsandredefinesafamil-iarform.AHistoryofOldEnglishLiteratureR.D.FulkandChristopherM.CainAHistoryofMiddleEnglishLiteratureAndrewGallowayAHistoryofEnglishRenaissanceLiteratureDonnaHamiltonAHistoryofSevent

6、eenth-CenturyEnglishLiteratureThomasN.CornsAHistoryofRomanticismGaryKellyAHistoryofVictorianLiteratureJamesEliAdamsAHistoryofModernistLiterature:TheBritish,Irish,andAnglo-AmericanTraditionsMollyHiteAHistoryofIrishLiteratureinEnglishTerenceBrownAHistoryofPostcolonialCommonwealthLiterature1947–2000S

7、hirleyChewAHISTORYOFOLDENGLISHLITERATURER.D.FulkandChristopherM.Cainwithachapteronsaints’legendsbyRachelS.AndersonContentsListofIllustrationsviPrefaceviiIntroductionAnglo-SaxonEnglandandItsLiterature:ASocialHisto