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The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies Griffith, Mark (University of Oxford, New College (United Kingdom))
The Battle of Maldon: A New Critical Edition - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Griffith, Mark (University of Oxford, New College (United Kingdom))
Maldon is the only substantial late Old English heroic poem to survive and provides unique testimony to the poetics of its period: close re-analysis of it shows it to be a striking mix of old and new, combining features found in much earlier verse with others only otherwise attested in Middle English alliterative poetry.
304 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 1, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781835538067 |
| Publishers | Liverpool University Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 163 × 25 mm · 622 g |