{"product_id":"poems-and-prose-from-the-old-english-9780300069952","title":"Poems and Prose from the Old English","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffels out-of-print classic  Poems from the Old English  Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H. Olsen place the oldest English writings in an entirely different perspective. Keeping the classroom teachers needs foremost in mind  Raffel and Olsen organize the major old English poems (except Beowulf) and new prose selections so as to facilitate both reading and studying. A general introduction provides an up-to-date and detailed historical account of the Anglo-Saxon period  and concise introductions open the literature sections of the book and many of the translations.  Raffels masterly translations of Old English poetry  praised as fine poems in their own right  reproduce much of the flavor as well as the sense of the originals. With more than 1800 newly translated lines and many revised older translations  the poems in this volume are organized into four genreselegies  heroic poems  religious poems  and wisdom poetry. Raffels new translations include more than twenty poem-riddles  with proposed solutions in a separate section. Prose translationsgrouped in historical  testamentary and legal  religious  social and instructional  and medical and magical categoriesfeature writings by King Alfred  Aelfric  and Wulfstan  among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648177856565,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300069952","price":21.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300069952.jpg?v=1781711811","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/poems-and-prose-from-the-old-english-9780300069952","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}