Search results for "Anglo-Saxon literature" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the Celtic Revival in British literature. Often considered to be ... city, where his father taught English Literature. It was in the school& ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- of both English and, specifically, Scottish literature. ... figure in the development of Scottish and world literature. ...17 KB (2,589 words) - 22:29, 3 May 2023
- ugly.) The suffix -ly derives from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "like." ... category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure category:Linguistics ...12 KB (1,741 words) - 23:31, 17 December 2022
- ) is the oldest major work of French literature. It exists in various ... Unlike later Renaissance and romantic literature, the poem focuses on action ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- A notable stylistic aspect of medieval Arthurian literature is that ... an important role in the fifth century Anglo-Saxon conquest of eastern Britain ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- The name silver is derived from the Anglo-Saxon seolfor (compare with ... in the last few years in the medical literature, including one possible ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- * Horae Sinicae: Translations from the Popular Literature of the Chinese. By Rev Robert Morrison. London : printed for Black and Parry (et al ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- that are unlike anything else in English literature. His poems are best understood ... In 1884 he became professor of Greek literature at University College Dublin ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 16:49, 21 May 2024
- a distinguished example of Elizabethan literature, and is still required ... a distinguished example of Elizabethan literature, and excerpts are still ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- at the Last Judgement, found in Anglo-Saxon art from about 800, and later all over Europe.Luther Link, The Devil: A Mask without a Face (Reaktion ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature (London: University of ... == Goblins in literature == Due to the generic implications of their ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- the Rings. He was an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon language (1925 to 1945 ... Germany. He was also influenced by Anglo-Saxon literature, Germanic and Norse ...53 KB (8,151 words) - 08:28, 13 March 2024
- English word "freedom" is an Anglo-Saxon word combining the words ... The most important literature in Europe for the understanding of freedom ...28 KB (4,455 words) - 10:43, 11 April 2024
- Gates has been a strong advocate for African literature, and for a ... of Cambridge, where he studied English literature at Clare College. With ...23 KB (3,215 words) - 21:58, 21 October 2022
- and essayist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1987) and was chosen Poet ... He was a Five-College Professor of Literature at Mount Holyoke College. ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 07:19, 10 August 2022
- developed a great love for the Greek literature and mythology while studying ... in Honor Moderations (Greek and Latin Literature) in 1920, a First in Greats ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- a popular topic for Christian art and literature. The scene has been found ... An early Anglo-Saxon picture survived on the Franks Casket, probably ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- the word wicing appears first in the Anglo-Saxon poem, Widsith, which probably ... King Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England who was ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- quot; was pluralized dwarrow in Anglo-Saxon.Humphrey Carpenter, (ed ... specialize in any number of trades. Some literature ascribes to dwarves the ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- Portsmouth the new home of the navy (the Anglo-Saxon kings, such as Edward ... of law and government, religion, and literature. John himself had received ...28 KB (4,489 words) - 17:02, 4 May 2024
