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8 Μαρ 2017 · But there’s a wealth of great literature written in Old English, as the following pick of ten of the best testifies (we hope). For a good anthology of Anglo-Saxon literature in modern translation, we recommend The Anglo-Saxon World An Anthology (Oxford World’s Classics). 1. Anonymous, The Exeter Book riddles.
Old English poetry dates from the 5th to the 11th centuries and embodies the earliest form of English literature. Works from this era reflect the history, belief systems, and heroic ideals of early Germanic societies.
Old English literature has had some influence on modern literature, and notable poets have translated and incorporated Old English poetry. Well-known early translations include Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's translation of The Battle of Brunanburh , William Morris 's translation of Beowulf , and Ezra Pound 's translation of The Seafarer .
Old English provides contemporary readers with a line into the past, a way to understand how men and women lived, thought, and wrote hundreds of years ago. Examples of Old English Beowulf
Old English poetry has survived almost entirely in four manuscripts: the Exeter Book, the Junius Manuscript, the Vercelli Book, and the Beowulf manuscript. Old English prose works include legal writings, medical tracts, religious texts, and translations from Latin and other languages.
Old English Poetry • Survives mainly in 4 manuscripts written 975-1025 • Often only one copy of each poem • 1. Beowulf MS (BL, Cotton Vitellius A.xv) - ‘Book of Monsters’ • 2. Junius MS (Oxford, Bodleian Library) • 3. Vercelli Book (Vercelli, Italy) • 4. Exeter Book (Exeter Cathedral)
English literature - Old English, Poetry, Manuscripts: The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes who invaded Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries brought with them the common Germanic meter; but of their earliest oral poetry, probably used for panegyric, magic, and short narrative, little or none survives.
