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M . L I U Z Z A  \nYale University Press NewHaven & London  \nCopyright © 2002 by Yale University.  \nAll rights reserved.  \nThis book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers.  \nDesigned by James J. Johnson and set inJanson types by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printed in the United States of America by R.R. Donnelley & Sons.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nOld English literature : critical essays / edited by R. M. Liuzza.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-300-09139-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)  \n1. English literature—Old English, ca. 450–1100—History and criticism.  \nI. Liuzza, R. M.  \nPR 171 .O44 2001  \n829.09—dc21 2001035968 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments vii  \nIntroduction xi  \nAbbreviations xxxvii  \nnicholas howe The Cultural Construction of Reading in Anglo-Saxon England 1  \nsusan kelly Anglo-Saxon Lay Society and the  \nWritten Word 23  \nsarah foot The Making of Angelcynn: English Identity Before the Norman Conquest 51  \nkatherine o’brien o’keeffe Orality and the Developing Text ofCaedmon’s Hymn 79  \nkevin s. kiernan Reading Cædmon’s “Hymn”with Someone Else’s Glosses 103  \nclare a. lees and Birthing Bishops and Fathering Poets: gillian r. overing Bede, Hild, and the Relations of Cultural Production 125  \nstephen d. white Kinship and Lordship in Early Medieval England: The Story of Sigeberht, Cynewulf, and Cyneheard 157  \nvi Contents  \nstephanie hollis The Thematic Structure of the SermoLupi 182  \nearl r. anderson Social Idealism in Ælfric’s Colloquy 204  \njocelyn wogan-browne The Hero in Christian Reception:Ælfric and Heroic Poetry 215  \nclare a. lees Didacticism and the Christian Community: The Teachers and the Taught 236  \nroy f. leslie The Editing of Old English Poetic Texts: Questions of Style 271  \nm. r. godden Anglo-Saxons on the Mind 284  \nrobert e. bjork Sundor ætRune: The Voluntary Exile of The Wanderer 315  \nmargrét gunnarsdóttir From Plaint to Praise: Language champion as Cure in “The Wanderer” 328  \npeter orton The Form and Structure of The Seafarer 353  \nshari horner En/closed Subjects: The Wife’s Lament and the Culture of Early Medieval Female Monasticism 381  \nsandra mcentire The Devotional Context of the Cross Before a.d. 1000 392  \ncarol braun pasternack Stylistic Disjunctions in The Dream  \nof the Rood 404  \nfred c. robinson God, Death, and Loyalty in The Battle of Maldon 425  \njohn d. niles Maldon and Mythopoesis 445  \nContributors 475  \nIndex 477  \nAcknowledgments  \nI am grateful to a number of friends and colleagues for their help on this project: to Fred Robinson, who first proposed it; to Larisa Heimert at Yale University Press, who enthusiastically supported it; to a number of anonymous readers who suggested ways to improve it; to Shari Horner, Nicholas Howe, Eileen Joy, Myra Seaman, Jack Niles, Molly Rothenberg, Sharon Rowley, and John Hill, who offered advice on the selection of essays and the introduction; and to Marie Carianna of Tulane’s Academic Center for Learning, Research, and Technology for help with illustrations. Editors ata number of presses were patient and generous in the negotiation of permissions to reprint these essays; I am grateful for their assistance and understanding. Most of allI am, as always, grateful to Ellen Farina, whose love and support have made all else possible.  \nFor permission to reprint the essays in this collection, I would like to thank the au","cbCaipZmHmwgcDQ2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipZmHmwgcDQ2","pdf",2090580,518,"English","# Acknowledgments\n# Introduction\n# Abbreviations\n# The Cultural Construction of Reading in Anglo-Saxon England\n# Anglo-Saxon Lay Society and the Written Word\n# The Making of Angelcynn: English Identity Before the Norman Conquest\n# Orality and the Developing Text ofCaedmon’s Hymn\n# Reading Cædmon’s “Hymn”with Someone Else’s Glosses\n# Birthing Bishops and Fathering Poets\n# Kinship and Lordship in Early Medieval England\n# The Thematic Structure of the SermoLupi\n# Social Idealism in Ælfric’s Colloquy\n# The Hero in Christian Reception\n# Didacticism and the Christian Community\n# The Editing of Old English Poetic Texts\n# Anglo-Saxons on the Mind\n# Sundor ætRune: The Voluntary Exile of The Wanderer\n# From Plaint to Praise: Language champion as Cure in “The Wanderer”\n# The Form and Structure of The Seafarer\n# En/closed Subjects: The Wife’s Lament and the Culture of Early Medieval Female Monasticism\n# The Devotional Context of the Cross Before a.d. 1000\n# Stylistic Disjunctions in The Dream of the Rood\n# God, Death, and Loyalty in The Battle of Maldon\n# Maldon and Mythopoesis\n# Contributors\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"Who edited Old English Literature: Critical Essays?\",\"answer\":\"The volume is edited by R. 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