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Each volume is written by a leading specialist to be invitingly accessible and informative. Chapters are devoted to the coverage of cultural context, the provision of brief but detailed biographical essays on the authors concerned, critical coverage of key works, and surveys of themes and topics, together with bibliographies of selected further reading. Students new to a period of study or to a period genre will discover all they need to know to orientate and ground themselves in their studies, in volumes that are as stimulating to read as they are convenient to use.  \nPublished  \nThe Science Fiction Handbook  \nM. Keith Booker and Anne-Marie Thomas  \nThe Seventeenth-Century Literature Handbook  \nMarshall Grossman  \nThe Twentieth-Century American Fiction Handbook  \nChristopher MacGowan  \nThe British and Irish Short Story Handbook  \nDavid Malcolm  \nThe Crime Fiction Handbook Peter Messent  \nThe Literary Theory Handbook, second edition  \nGregory Castle  \nThe Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook  \nMark C. Amodio  \nThe Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook  \nMark C. Amodio  \nA John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication  \nThis edition first published 2014 © 2014 Mark C. Amodio  \nBlackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell.  \nRegistered Office  \nJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK  \nEditorial Offices  \n350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK  \nThe Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK  \nFor details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website [at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell](at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell).  \nThe right of Mark C. Amodio to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher.  \nWiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.  \nDesignations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nAmodio, Mark.  \nThe Anglo-Saxon literature handbook / Mark C. Amodio.  \npages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-631-22697-0 (cloth)– ISBN 978-0-631-22698-7 (pbk.) 1. English literature–Old English, ca. 450-1100–History and criticism–Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. I. 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