Excerpt from Introduction to Our Early English Literature: From the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest Many excellent books are published, both in Eng land Nld Germany, giving extracts of the principal pieces in the anglo-saxon, or Early English, Literature; but I have found in my lectures and classes that a much wider interest and a more intelligent study of the language may be created by some suggestive remarks on the nature of the different poems and their general con nection, and where possible, something of the ...
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Excerpt from Introduction to Our Early English Literature: From the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest Many excellent books are published, both in Eng land Nld Germany, giving extracts of the principal pieces in the anglo-saxon, or Early English, Literature; but I have found in my lectures and classes that a much wider interest and a more intelligent study of the language may be created by some suggestive remarks on the nature of the different poems and their general con nection, and where possible, something of the author's life and times. Anglo-saxon was long considered almost as a synonym for vulgarity and barbar ism and though, owing to the labours of some of our most respected and venerable scholars, that superstition has all but vanished, yet the study of our early literature and language might be made still more widely popular and instructive by pointing out the literary interest and value of these ancient poems, and the light they throw upon the life and manners of our worthy Saxon fathers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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