A companion to Ælfric / / edited by Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan.

• TeilnehmendeR: Magennis, Hugh.; Swan, Mary.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2009.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (484 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One. Ælfric Scholarship /; Chapter Two. Ælfric: His Life And Works /; Chapter Three. Ælfric And The Limits Of Benedictine Reform /; Chapter Four. Ælfric, Language And Winchester /; Chapter Five. Ælfric And The Alfredian Precedents /; Chapter Six. Ælfrics Lay Patrons /; Chapter Seven. Ælfric As Pedagogue /; Chapter Eight. Catechetic Homiletics: Ælfrics Preaching And Teaching During Lent /; Chapter Nine. Identity And Ideology In Ælfrics Prefaces /; Chapter Ten. In Ælfrics Words: Conversion, Vigilance And The Nation In Ælfrics Life Of Gregory The Great /; Chapter Eleven. Ælfrics Schemes And Tropes: Amplificatio And The Portrayal Of Persecutors /; Chapter Twelve. Boredom, Brevity And Last Things: Ælfrics Style And The Politics Of Time /; Chapter Thirteen. The Use Of Ælfrics Homilies: Mss Oxford,Bodleian Library, Junius 85 And 86 In The Field /; Chapter Fourteen. Assembling Ælfric: Reconstructing The Rationale Behind Eleventh And Twelfth-Century Compilations /; Chapter Fifteen. Making Their Presence Felt: Readers Of Ælfric, C. 1050-1350 /; Bibliography /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references ( pages [423]-453) and index.
• ISBN: 1282401556; 9786612401558; 9047430255
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan.

This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ælfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the key Ælfric scholars working today and some important newer voices. Each of the chapters is a cutting-edge piece of work which addresses one aspect of Ælfric’s works or career. The chapters are organised topically, rather than by chronology, genre or biography, and between them cover the entire Ælfrician corpus and the major contextual issues; consideration of Ælfric’s Latin writings is carefully integrated with that of his Old English works. Ælfric studies are currently a central element of Anglo-Saxon studies, but while to date there has been a great deal of detailed work on some aspects of Ælfric, this collection provides the first overview. Contributors: Hugh Magennis, Joyce Hill, Christopher A. Jones, Mechthild Gretsch, M. R. Godden, Catherine Cubitt, Thomas N. Hall, Robert K. Upchurch, Mary Swan, Clare A. Lees, Gabriella Corona, Kathleen Davis, Jonathan Wilcox, Aaron J Kleist and Elaine Treharne.