Abstract
Some books deserve to be read in full, from cover to cover, and this is one of them. In 29 lucid chapters, the Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature presents important surveys of all the major aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary production that expert or non-expert readers might expect from a handbook of this type. The topics covered include cultural history and book production (Smith, Crick, Karkov, Rowley, Bremmer, Irvine, Watt, Treharne), Old English style (Momma, J. Davies), literary genres (riddles, Dailey; hagiography, Weston; religious poetry, Scheil; liturgy, Jones; lyrics or elegies, Davis; science, Liuzza; law, Oliver; Latinity, Townsend, Love) and two individual texts (Overing, Beowulf; Trilling, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). The volume is inclusive in terms of non-Germanic cultures and period limits, thus also covering Celtic aspects (S. Davies, Clancy, Ní Mhaonaigh), Scandinavian influences (Poole) and post-Conquest matters (O’Donnell, Townend and Tyler). Precise article titles and contributors’ details can be found on the publisher’s website.
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