Old English literature refers to poetry (alliterative verse) and prose written in Old English in early medieval England, from the 7th century to the decades...

English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1...

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc, pronounced [ˈeŋɡliʃ]), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and...

The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century...

The Wanderer is an Old English poem preserved only in an anthology known as the Exeter Book, a manuscript dating from the late 10th century. It comprises...

Indian English literature (IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English (IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language...

Channel Islands. This article covers British literature in the English language. Anglo-Saxon (Old English) literature is included, and there is some discussion...

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in Old English Literature is a historical study of the literary references for several pagan deities in Anglo-Saxon England. Written by the English studies...

"Chapter 2: The Old English Language". In Godden, Malcolm; Lapidge, Michael (eds.). The Cambridge companion to Old English literature (Second ed.). Cambridge...

Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian peoples up to c. 1350. It chiefly consists of Icelandic writings. From the...

This article is focused on English-language literature rather than the literature of England, so that it includes writers from Scotland, Wales, and the...

The Old English Bible translations are the partial translations of the Bible prepared in medieval England into the Old English language. The translations...

The grammar of Old English differs a lot from Modern English, predominantly being much more inflected. As a Germanic language, Old English has a morphological...

The Old English Hexateuch, or Aelfric Paraphrase, is the collaborative project of the late Anglo-Saxon period that translated the six books of the Hexateuch...

The Old English Boethius is an Old English translation/adaptation of the sixth-century Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, dating from between c. 880...

carrion birds from Old Norse and Old English literature. Tolkien is not simply skimming historical sources for effect: the juxtaposition of old and new styles...

Grendel's mother (Old English: Grendles mōdor) is one of three antagonists in the anonymous Old English poem Beowulf (c. 700–1000 AD), the other two being...

Old English Orosius is the name usually given by scholars to an adaption into Old English of the Latin Historiae adversus paganos by Paulus Orosius (fl...

characteristics. The Old English epic Beowulf, as well as most other Old English poetry, the Old High German Muspilli, the Old Saxon Heliand, the Old Norse Poetic...

Canadian literature; numerous terms such as "English Literature Other than British and American", "New Literatures in English", "International Literature in...

many Romantic figures at this time as well. The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the...

English Text Society Original Series 190, 1933 (reprinted 1999), ISBN 0-85991-925-0. Robert Max Garrett, Precious stones in old English literature (1909)[1]...

largest and perhaps oldest known manuscript of Old English literature, containing about a sixth of the Old English poetry that has survived. In 2016, UNESCO...

pages. The English-literature chapters begin with Old English poetry and end with the late Victorian era. Coverage of American literature ranges from...

Northumbrian, it was one of the two Anglian dialects. The other two dialects of Old English were Kentish and West Saxon. Each of those dialects was associated with...

The Old English Martyrology is a collection of over 230 hagiographies, probably compiled in Mercia, or by someone who wrote in the Mercian dialect of...

is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars;...

Old High German literature refers to literature written in Old High German, from the earliest texts in the 8th century to the middle of the 11th century...

(/ˈbeɪəwʊlf/; Old English: Bēowulf [ˈbeːowuɫf]) is a legendary Geatish hero in the eponymous epic poem, one of the oldest surviving pieces of English literature. A...