{"product_id":"choice-of-anglo-saxon-versebooks","title":"Choice Of Anglo Saxon Verse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"truncated-text js-truncated-text expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-content rte js-overview-body two-columns\" data-original-markup=\"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; contains the Old English texts of all the major short poems, such as 'The Battle of Maldon', 'The Dream of the Rood', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Seafarer', as well as a generous representation of the many important fragments, riddles and gnomic verses that survive from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, with facing-page verse translations. These poems are the well-spring of the English poetic tradition, and this anthology provides a unique window into the mind and culture of the Anglo-Saxons.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The volume is an essential companion to Faber's edition of \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Beowulf\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, translated by Seamus Heaney.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtains the Old English texts of all the major short poems, such as 'The Battle of Maldon', 'The Dream of the Rood', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Seafarer', as well as a generous representation of the many important fragments, riddles and gnomic verses that survive from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, with facing-page verse translations. These poems are the well-spring of the English poetic tradition, and this anthology provides a unique window into the mind and culture of the Anglo-Saxons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is an essential companion to Faber's edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/b\u003e, translated by Seamus Heaney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hamer, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Poetry","offer_id":53090385395936,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-16at4.40.03PM.png?v=1781638810","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/choice-of-anglo-saxon-versebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}