The Cambridge Companion to Bede Paperback (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Degregorio, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521730732 ISBN 13: 9780521730730

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

The Venerable Bede is the major literary personality of the Anglo-Saxon period. Written by an international team of specialists, this Companion covers Bede's writings, his intellectual and social context, and the afterlife of his reputation. The volume is a key introductory guide for all students of Anglo-Saxon literature and history.

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'For students of Bede, this is a most valuable book.' New Directions

'... this text, especially with its excellent further readings and bibliography, should be the first port of call for anyone seeking to engage with Bede or his world.' The Medieval Review

'This Cambridge Companion is a work of genuine and substantial learning, and fully worthy of its subject.' Northern History

'This volume of expert essays on Bede and his legacy expounds received rather than experimental 'paradigms of understanding'.' Jordon Wales, Religious Studies Review

'A welcome contribution to the field.' The Review of English Studies

Biografía del autor

Scott DeGregorio is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. He has published extensively on Bede as a biblical exegete and church reformer. His books include, as editor, Innovation and Tradition in the Writings of the Venerable Bede, and as translator, Bede: On Ezra and Nehemiah, which won the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists' prize for best edition/translation published in Anglo-Saxon studies, 2005–7.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521730732
• ISBN 13: 9780521730730
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304