Old English poetry and language studies encompass a rich tapestry of literary, linguistic, and cultural analyses that illuminate the origins, composition techniques, and social contexts of early ...

The earliest vernacular literatures of medieval Western Europe were produced in Britain and Ireland in Old English, Gaelic, and Brittonic languages. Our Anglophone world privileges Old English ...

The Exeter Book, kept at Exeter Cathedral's library, is an anthology of poetry and riddles written in 970 AD. The book was the gift of Exeter's first bishop, Leofric, in the 11th Century and contains ...

MIP: Hello everyone, and thank you for joining us for another coffee break with MIP. Our guest today is Colin Ireland, Resident Director, Emeritus, of Arcadia University, and we'll be talking about ...

There are four original manuscripts containing poetry in Old English—the now-defunct language of the medieval Anglo-Saxons—that have survived to the present day. No more, no less. They are: the ...

Hwæt. That word, barking through the clatter of the mead hall, typically opened an Old English poem in the Dark Ages, and roughly translates to “What” or “Listen now.” Old English is largely Germanic, ...

I went to college a little bit later than most. Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the ...

A CELEBRATION of old English is to be held with readings of the old tongue at a County Durham church. Jack Drum Arts are to hold an evening of poetry and readings taken from old English at Escomb ...

WHEN THE BOLCHAZY-CARDUCCI publishing house in Wauconda, Illinois, USA needed expert translations for Milan Rúfus: And That's the Truth, the first bilingual edition of the great Slovak poet's work, it ...

Poetry isn’t only found in old books, it’s also broadcasted on the radio. A course offered by the Ohio State Department of English looks at alternative rock lyrics as poetry. Alternative Rock Lyrics ...