The Interpretation of Old English Poems (1972) is a challenging approach in the critical appreciation of Old English poems. Professor Greenfield argues in particular against two inhibiting orientations in criticism of Anglo-Saxon poetry: an insensitive and too-narrowly defined historicism, and a blinkered philological tradition. He suggests ways in which the practical criticism of Old English poetry and poems can be conducted, and provides the means for a student to form his own critical approach. The book is particularly challenging in that it brings literary criticism into a field which has hitherto belonged largely to historians and linguists.
ISBN: | 9781032543079 |
Publication date: | 15th February 2025 |
Author: | Stanley B Greenfield |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 196 pages |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions. The Anglo-Saxon World |
Genres: |
European history Social and cultural history History of religion Christianity Archaeology by period / region General and world history History and Archaeology |