ENGL 90236 - The Vercelli Book

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

The Vercelli Book is a tenth-century collection of Old English poetry and homilies which stands alongside the Beowulf manuscript, the Exeter Book, and the Junius manuscript as one of the great treasures of Old English literature. This is the manuscript that contains The Dream of the Rood, Andreas, and Cynewulf's Elene and Fates of the Apostles, as well as twenty-three prose homilies on topics as divergent as the miracles that occurred at Christ's birth, the life of St Guthlac, the lassitude of women, the signs presaging Doomsday, and the colorful transformation of the soul at the moment of death. We'll read most of the poetry and about half of the homilies, and we'll explore in some detail the connections between the homilies and the Latin sermon literature of the period. Requirements include weekly response papers, an oral report, an annotated bibliography, and a seminar paper. Textbooks: The Vercelli Book, ed. G. P. Krapp, Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records 2 (1932); The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, ed. D. G. Scragg, EETS o.s. 300 (1992).

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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