The Englishman and the Scandinavian :
or, A comparison of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse literature /
by Frederick Metcalfe.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Trübner,
1880.
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| Notes: | "An outline sketch of this volume is contained in a tractate, printed by the author for private circulation in the autumn of 1876." -- Pref. Physical description: xxvi, 514 p. ; 21 cm. more |
Table of Contents:
I. Old English Literature : study of Anglo-Saxon revived by Archbishop Parker and Sir H. Spelman, Junius, Hicks, Sir R. Cotton ; Bede ; Aldhelm, Boniface, and Alcuin ; The laws ; Anglo-Saxon charters ; Poetry ; Mythology of Germany, Scandinavia, and England alike ; Situation in Britain during Anglo-Saxon Period ; Pilgrimages ... Anglo-Saxon is debased, but revives as Modern English ; Scandinavians in Russia ; A medley [Anglo-Saxon etymology]
II. Icelandic Literature : Reformation ; Prose Edda ; Poetic Edda ; Heroic Edda ; Mythic words in Beowulf ; Sagas ; ... Icelandic Literature of foreign extraction ; The laws ; Charters ; Icelandic wit compared with Anglo-Saxon ; Proverbs ; Ballads ; A medley [philological] ; Runes ; Appendix : Fight of Ferdiad and Cuchulain ; A mixture of prose and verse like the old Edda ; O'Curry's works on the ancient Irish.
I. Old English Literature : study of Anglo-Saxon revived by Archbishop Parker and Sir H. Spelman, Junius, Hicks, Sir R. Cotton ; Bede ; Aldhelm, Boniface, and Alcuin ; The laws ; Anglo-Saxon charters ; Poetry ; Mythology of Germany, Scandinavia, and England alike ; Situation in Britain during Anglo-Saxon Period ; Pilgrimages ... Anglo-Saxon is debased, but revives as Modern English ; Scandinavians in Russia ; A medley [Anglo-Saxon etymology]
II. Icelandic Literature : Reformation ; Prose Edda ; Poetic Edda ; Heroic Edda ; Mythic words in Beowulf ; Sagas ; ... Icelandic Literature of foreign extraction ; The laws ; Charters ; Icelandic wit compared with Anglo-Saxon ; Proverbs ; Ballads ; A medley [philological] ; Runes ; Appendix : Fight of Ferdiad and Cuchulain ; A mixture of prose and verse like the old Edda ; O'Curry's works on the ancient Irish.