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ETEXTS OF ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE

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OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT WEB INDEX1. A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England - A short survey of Anglo-Saxon history by Ben Levick and Andrew

Nicholson. Includes illustrations. 2. Alphabetical Index of Old English poetry. - An alphabetized list of links to the complete texts of all Anglo-Saxon

poems. At Georgetown University. 3. Anglo-Saxon Aloud - Contains sound recordings of all Old English poems and selected prose works. By Michael

Drout. 4. Anglo-Saxon Britain - Anglo-Saxon section of the Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Includes modern English

translations of a number of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Latin texts. 5. Anglo-Saxon Civilization - Anglo-Saxon section of the NetSERF medieval site. Includes subsections on Anglo-

Saxon civlization, art, archaeology, laws, and chronicles. 6. Anglo-Saxon England: a Guide to Online Resources - Anglo-Saxon section of ORB: the Online Reference Book for

Medieval Studies. Offers resources for Anglo-Saxon studies: essays, bibliographies, images, electronic editions, and links.

7. Anglo-Saxon Literature - A history and study of Old English literature by John Earle, Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. Project Gutenberg eBook.

8. Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry Project - Provides modern English translations of Old English narrative poems. By Aaron Hostetter. Work in progress.

9. Apocalyptic Ideas in Old English Literature - An introduction to the idea of the apocalypse in Old-English, as part of an MA thesis. Includes Old English and modern English versions of several works with apocalyptic themes.

10. Early Britain - A history of Anglo-Saxon England by Grant Allen. Project Gutenberg eBook. 11. Fontes Anglo-Saxonici: a Register of Written Sources Used by Authors in Anglo-Saxon England - Aims to identify

all written sources which were incorporated, quoted, translated or adapted anywhere in English or Latin texts written by Anglo-Saxon authors. Database includes search engine.

12. Glossed Texts at Old English Online - Includes a number of Old English poems and prose excerpts. Each text is accompanied by a word-for-word glossary and a modern English translation.

13. In Parentheses Old English Series - Includes modern English translations of several Old English poems and selected prose works.

14. Labyrinth Library: Old English - An annotated list of links to electronic texts, bibliographies, and other online resources for Anglo-Saxon studies. Includes links to the complete texts of all Anglo-Saxon poems.

15. Lightspill Poetry: from the Old English - Jonathan Glenn's modern English translations of selected Old English poems.

16. Middangeard - Anthology of Old English poems in modern English translations. 17. Old English Links - Provides links to electronic texts, dictionaries, and grammars and to books and articles on Old

English. 18. Old English Literature and Culture Resources - Links to electronic texts and online resources. At the University of

Adelaide. 19. Old English Literature: a Hypertext Course Pack - Provides hypertext editions of selected poems and prose

works. Apparatus includes primary texts with running glossary and notes, reading lists, modern English translations, contextual information, and electronic resources.

20. Old English Newsletter Online - Online version of the OEN. Includes news, notices of publications, reports, and essays from the current issue and back issues. Also provides links to Internet sites for Anglo-Saxon studies.

21. Old English Poems - James Garnett's modern English translations of selected poems. 22. Old English Poems Translated Into The Original Meter Together With Short Selections From Old English Prose -

Modern English renditions by Cosette Faust Newton and Stith Thompson: e-text in various formats at Project Gutenberg.

23. Old English Resources - Carl Berkhout's site at the University of Arizona provides images of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, a record of Anglo-Saxon scholars and scholarship past and present, and links to other Old English sites.

24. Old English Texts and Translations at Brindin Press - Contains several Old English poems and poetic excerpts, each with a facing modern English translation.

25. Online Corpus of Old English Poetry - Includes texts of all Old English poems. When the project is complete, each text will include a word-for-word glossary and textual notes.

26. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) - A searchable database of all recorded people who lived during the Anglo-Saxon period. The database supplies personal information about each historical person. In addition to searching by person, one can search by several other indexes such as sources, events, and relationships.

27. Readings of Old English Texts - Sound recordings of selected prose and poetry. Includes Old English texts and modern English translations.

28. Sound Recordings of Old English Texts - Sound recordings of passages from Old English prose and poetry. Each recording is accompanied by the Old English text.

29. Supplemental Texts at heorot.dk - Benjamin Slade's Beowulf site provides texts and translations of several Old English poems and prose works.

30. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: from the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance - Covers every aspect of Anglo-Saxon literature, including discussions of important poems and prose works and accounts of individual authors.

31. The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry - Contains the complete texts of all Anglo-Saxon poems. At the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

32. The Heroic Age: Anglo-Saxon Links - Index to Anglo-Saxon studies. Provides extensive links to Anglo-Saxon biblical materials, Anglo-Saxon Christianity, archaeology, art, bibliographies, journals, Old English language, literary texts, translations, and manuscripts. Site also provides links to other early medieval categories and displays current and back issues of "The Heroic Age" online journal.

33. Uncovering Old English Texts - Online translations by undergraduates at Baldwin-Wallace College. Each translation is accompanied by a preface that gives background information about the poem or prose work being translated.

ETEXTS OF ANGLO-SAXON LITERATUREClick on the name of the text to access an online version. Some texts are translated into modern English, others are in Old English. Not all texts are complete; some are fragments of the original

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Beowulf

Caedmon manuscript

(aka Junius Codex)Dream of the Rood

Fight at Finnsburh Lives of the Saints Nowell Codex The Battle of Brunanburh

The Exeter Book Waldere The Vercelli Book Cynewulf (poetry)

LIST OF BEOWULF RESOURCES1. Beowulf : a Concise Bibliography - This bibliography of literary criticism of Beowulf includes anthologies, books,

articles, and sources and analogues. At the University of Virginia. (ODP summary)2. Beowulf Study Guide - Includes questions for discussion, a bibliography of essential readings, and links to

Beowulf sites. By Roy M. Liuzza, a Beowulf translator. (ODP summary)3. Resources for the Study of Beowulf - Research guide from Greene Hamlet. Provides links, articles, background

material, and other resources. (ODP summary)4. Anthropological and Cultural Approaches to Beowulf :Journal issue devoted to the anonymous Old English epic poem

"Beowulf." Features academic articles on topics such as the social centrality of women in "Beowulf," the definition of "feud" in the work, and "Beowulf's ... http://www.heroicage.org/issues/5/toc.html (IPL2 summary)

5. Online Gallery, English Literature: Beowulf : Questions and answers about "the epic saga of 'Beowulf', the most important surviving work of Anglo-Saxon poetry. ... Written in Old English, it tells of a thrilling struggle between the hero, Beowulf, and a bloodthirsty monster called Grendel. ... http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/beowulf/ (IPL2 summary)

6. The Best of Legends ; A collection of resources--including commentary and criticism--on the net for various legends, such as Beowulf or Robin Hood. This archive preserves The Best of Legends - links to primary source material, scholarship, essays, and historical surveys - ... http://www.bestoflegends.org/ (IPL2 summary)

7. Legends : Information and related links on Robin Hood, King Arthur, Hamlet and Macbeth, Blackbeard, Sir Francis Drake, the Three Musketeers, Beowulf, Vikings, knights, El Cid, William Morris, and "other swashbuckling characters of balladry, fiction, and f ... http://bestoflegends.org/ (IPL2 summary)

8. The Literature Collection : This digital collection features a few representative texts "from medieval to modern, scholarly to satirical," including a translation of Beowulf intended for oral interpretation and with an audio reading of the entire work, Robert Louis St ... http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/Literature/ (IPL2 summary)

9. Literature Reimagined : This exhibit "offers multiple editions of popular literary works, focusing on the ways in which they have been reinterpreted over time." Some of the works examined include "Beowulf," John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Charle ... http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/text/ (IPL2 summary)

10. Norton Anthology of English Literature : the linguistics and literary origins of Beowulf

ARTICLES FROM GALE LITERATURE CENTER

1. "Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101201742&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

2. "Beowulf."Epics for Students. Marie Lazzari. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2125700004&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

3. "Beowulf."Myths and Legends of the World. John M. Wickersham. New York: Macmillan, 2000. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2134050071&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

4. "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101201744&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

5. "Critical Essay on Beowulf."Epics for Students. Marie Lazzari. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2125700005&source=gale&userGroupN

ame=lapl&version=1.0>. 6. "Critical Overview of Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale

Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2168200053&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

7. "Criticism by Friederich Klaeber."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101201746&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

8. "Even Monsters Have Mothers: A Study of `Beowulf and John Gardners `Grendel,."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101203823&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

9. "Historical Context: Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2168300008&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

10. "James Bond As Literary Descendant of Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101203620&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

11. "John Gardner's Grendel and the Interpretation of Modern Fables."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2168200013&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

12. "Overview of Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2168200041&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

13. "Plot Summary: Beowulf."Epics for Students. Mark Milne. 1Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2125001072&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

14. "The Style and Structure of `Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2101201745&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

15. "Themes and Construction: Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. . <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&docId=EJ2168300026&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.

16. Durant, Jack. "The Function of Joy in Beowulf ." Tennessee Studies in Literature. 7.( 1962): 61-69. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 61-69. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?

p=LitRG&u=lapl>.17. Blomfield, Joan. "The Style and Structure of 'Beowulf'." Review of English Studies. 14.56 396-403. Rpt. inWorld

Literature Criticism Supplement. 1.Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major Authors from Gale's Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 396-403. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

18. Brooke, Stopford A. "Beowulf' and 'Beowulf-The Poem." English Literature: From the Beginning to the Norman Conquest. Rpt. inClassical and Medieval Literature Criticism. 1.Rpt. in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard and Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1988. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

19. Butts, Richard. "The Analogical Mere: Landscape and Terror in Beowulf ." English Studies. 68.2 ( 1987): 113-121. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 113-121. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

20. Culbert, Taylor. "Narrative Technique in Beowulf ." Neophilologus. 47.1 ( 1963): 50-61. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 50-61. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

21. Schrader, Richard J. "Succession and Glory in Beowulf ." Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 90.4 (Oct. 1991): 491-504. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 491-504. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

22. Huisman, Rosemary. "Narrative sociotemporality and complementary gender roles in Anglo-Saxon society: the relevance of wifmann and woepnedmann to a plot summary of the old English poem Beowulf." Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association. (Annual 2008): p125. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

23. Vaught, Jacqueline. "Beowulf: The Fight at the Center ." Allegorica. 5.2 (Winter 1980): 125-137. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 125-137. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

24. Nitzsche, Jane C. "The Structural Unity of Beowulf: The Problem of Grendel's Mother ." Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 22.3 (Fall 1980): 287-303. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 287-303. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

25. Tolkien, J. R. R. "Beowulf : The Monsters and the Critics ." Proceedings of the British Academy. 22.( 1936): 245-295. Rpt. inWorld Literature Criticism Supplement. 1.Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major Authors from Gale's Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 245-295. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

26. Ker, W. P. "A discussion of Beowulf ." Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature. Rpt. inWorld Literature Criticism Supplement. 1.Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major Authors from Gale's Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

27. Disraeli, Isaac. "Beowulf: The Hero-Life." Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature. Frederick Warne and Co., 1881. 51-58. Rpt. inClassical and Medieval Literature Criticism. 1.Rpt. in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. Ed. Dennis Poupard and Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1988. 51-58. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

28. Parks, Ward. "Prey Tell: How Heroes Perceive Monsters in Beowulf ." Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 92.1 (Jan. 1993): 1-16. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 1-16. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRG&u=lapl>.

29. Forni, Kathleen. "Graham Baker's Beowulf: intersections between high and low culture." Literature-Film Quarterly. 35.3 (July 2007): p244. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles Public Library. 19 Aug. 2009

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JSTOR ARTICLE LISTS (by keyword)There are literally thousands of articles on ANGLO-SAXON culture and literature, so we created “advanced search “ links for the following subject keywords. Click on the keyword and you should be asked for the school’s JSTOR login and password, then you will be sent to the list of articles for that keyword query.

Anglo-Saxon Literature Beowulf Caedmon Cynwulf

Exeter Book Anglo-Saxon Hagiography Venerable Bede Junius Codex

Nowell Codex Vercelli Book Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Saint Aldhelm

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