The Anglo-Saxon World

A very good collection of quite a wide range of Anglo-Saxon verse, including Beowulf and other, less-known texts. They're good translations, if I might presume to judge: they're readable, they have good flow, and so far as I can tell -- it's been a while since I did Anglo-Saxon -- they're accurate. M......more

This book is an anthology of writings from the Anglo-Saxon period of British literature. The texts run the range from allegories and sermons to heroic epics and legal documents. Of course, excerpts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are included. The highlight is a full translation of Beowulf into moder......more

Loved every page of this wonderful collection. Apart from heroic poems, laws, elegies, explorer's accounts, stories about saints' lives, riddles, charters and wills, charms and remedies, allegories and sermons, it also contains my new favourite translation of Beowulf.......more

I read for class ... it was okay, I wouldn’t read it again.......more

As an introduction to English literature, this is the place to start. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle itself is an interesting document in that we have the beginnings of what life in England was like once Rome decided keeping that far-flung frontier garrisoned was not in their interests. And just like tod......more