The Old English Poems of Cynewulf (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)

by Cynewulf (Author), Robert E. Bjork (Author), ed and trans (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2013

  $33.04

  Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue.