This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with

The texts in this reader include prose, metrical prose, and poetry, and represent a variety of genres (saints’ lives and metrical charms as well as heroic ver

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

Introducing Anglo-Saxon literature in an approachable way, this is an indispensable guide for students to a key literary topic.