George Anderson
Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1997 (reprint of 1957 edition)
cloth, dj., 431 pp
Book Number 18692
The purpose of Professor Anderson's book is to give in a single volume a descriptive history of the entire canon of Old English literature, from the beginnings to the Norman Conquest. The emphasis throughout is more on literature than on linguistics, and readings from Anglo-Saxon writings are quoted extensively, mainly in Anderson's own translations. The extensive notes at the end of each chapter constitute a critical review of published research up to the time of writing.