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The First Poems in English (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Anonymous
Creator: Michael Alexander
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Sales Rank: 125792
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0140433783
Dewey Decimal Number: 829.1008
EAN: 9780140433784
ASIN: 0140433783
Publication Date: July 29, 2008
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Product Description
This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan's defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ's cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon's Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.
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