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This Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman. Introducing the reader to some of the greatest poetry, prose and drama ever written, Elaine Treharne discusses the historical and intellectual background to these works, and considers the physical production of the manuscripts and the earliest beginnings of print culture. Covering both well-known texts, such as Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and the Mabinogion, as well as texts that are much less familiar, such as sermons, saints' lives, lyrics and histories, Treharne discusses major themes such as sin and salvation, kingship and authority, myth and the monstrous, and provides a full, but brief, account of one of the major periods in literary history.About the Series: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost...ISBN : 9780199668496

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Author

Treharne, Elaine

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199668496

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.63 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14