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In this category please submit only sites that refer to general topics in Anglo-Saxon literature. Suitable material for this category includes collective editions, literary histories, web portals, and other general items.
Submit items relating to Beowulf to the "Beowulf" subcategory. Submit items relating to individual poems other than Beowulf to the "Individual Poems" subcategory. Submit items relating to individual prose works to the "Individual Prose Works" subcategory. Submit items relating to Latin works by Old English authors to the "Anglo-Latin Writings" subcategory. Submit bibliographies of Old English studies to the "Bibliographies" subcategory. Submit complete online courses in Old English to the "Courses" subcategory. Submit online Old English dictionaries to the "Dictionaries" subcategory. Submit complete online grammars of Old English to the "Grammars" subcategory. |
Anglo-Saxon literature (also known as Old English literature) refers to prose and poetry written by English authors during the period 540 AD to 1100 AD. This body of writing includes both works in Old English and works in Latin.
| In this category and its subcategories, please submit sites dealing with Latin writings produced by English authors during the Anglo-Saxon period. These sites can include original Latin texts, modern English translations, or literary criticism. |
During the Anglo-Saxon period, English authors wrote both in the Old English language and in the Latin language. The body of Latin works produced by English authors during this period is referred to as "Anglo-Latin Writings" in the standard literary histories. The Anglo-Latin writings are an important part of Anglo-Saxon literature. Some of the greatest Anglo-Saxon authors wrote only in Latin, or only their Latin works have survived.
| Please submit sites that provide lists of printed Old English texts, editions, translations, works of literary criticism, and other categories of Anglo-Saxon studies. |
Specialized bibliographies of Anglo-Saxon studies exist on the web. These bibliographies refer exclusively or mainly to printed works, not to Internet sites. They are especially helpful to people who are new to Anglo-Saxon studies.
| Please submit to this category online courses in Old English, introductions to Old English, teaching aids, and learning aids. |
The web offers online courses in Old English. You can use these courses to gain a knowledge of Old English grammar and vocabulary and to study elementary Old English texts.
| Please submit Old English dictionaries to this category: brief or comprehensive word lists that give the modern English equivalents of Old English words or the Old English equivalents of modern English words. |
The web offers readable Old English dictionaries. These dictionaries give the modern English words that translate Old English words, and vice versa.
| Submit sites that explain Old English grammar and vocabulary through formal presentations or through step-by-step tutorials. |
The web offers online guides to learning Old English grammar and vocabulary. Students or anyone interested in Old English can use these sites to learn Old English without the aid of printed reference works.
| Please submit texts, translations, and literary studies of individual Old English poems (other than Beowulf) to this category and its subcategories. For example, submit sites that deal with secular heroic poems like the Battle of Maldon, or with elegiac poems like the Ruin, or with Old Testament narrative poems like Exodus. |
During the Anglo-Saxon period writers produced a variety of poems in many different genres, such as secular heroic poems, Old Testament narrative poems, poems about Christian saints, and elegiac poems. Some examples of great Anglo-Saxon poems are the Wanderer, the Seafarer, and the Dream of the Rood.
| Please submit texts, translations, and literary studies of individual Old English prose works to this category and its subcategories. For example, submit sites that deal with sermons by Aelfric and Wulfstan, literary documents by King Alfred, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Also submit miscellaneous prose items such as Old English glosses, glossaries, and translations of the Bible and other Latin texts. |
During the Anglo-Saxon period writers created many outstanding works in Old English prose, including homilies, histories, and biographies. Among the great Anglo-Saxon prose writers are Aelfric, Wulfstan, and King Alfred.
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