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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan -- Introduction / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan -- Chapter One. Ælfric Scholarship / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan -- Chapter Two. Ælfric: His Life And Works / Joyce Hill -- Chapter Three. Ælfric And The Limits Of Benedictine Reform / Christopher A. Jones -- Chapter Four. Ælfric, Language And Winchester / Mechthild Gretsch -- Chapter Five. Ælfric And The Alfredian Precedents / Malcolm R. Godden -- Chapter Six. Ælfrics Lay Patrons / Catherine Cubitt -- Chapter Seven. Ælfric As Pedagogue / Thomas N. Hall -- Chapter Eight. Catechetic Homiletics: Ælfrics Preaching And Teaching During Lent / Robert K. Upchurch -- Chapter Nine. Identity And Ideology In Ælfrics Prefaces / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan -- Chapter Ten. In Ælfrics Words: Conversion, Vigilance And The Nation In Ælfrics Life Of Gregory The Great / Clare A. Lees -- Chapter Eleven. Ælfrics Schemes And Tropes: Amplificatio And The Portrayal Of Persecutors / Gabriella Corona -- Chapter Twelve. Boredom, Brevity And Last Things: Ælfrics Style And The Politics Of Time / Kathleen Davis -- Chapter Thirteen. The Use Of Ælfrics Homilies: Mss Oxford,Bodleian Library, Junius 85 And 86 In The Field / Jonathan Wilcox -- Chapter Fourteen. Assembling Ælfric: Reconstructing The Rationale Behind Eleventh And Twelfth-Century Compilations / Aaron J Kleist -- Chapter Fifteen. Making Their Presence Felt: Readers Of Ælfric, C. 1050-1350 / Elaine Treharne -- Bibliography / Hugh Magennis and Mary Swan.