THE ATHENAEUMElene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the RoodJames M. Garnett
Poetry
Elene; Judith; Athelstan, or the Fight at Brunanburh; Byrhtnoth, or the Fight at Maldon; and the Dream of the Rood
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textGarnett’s collection translates several Old English poems, including The Battle of Maldon. The manuscript containing Maldon was destroyed in the Cotton Library fire of 1731, but a transcript made beforehand preserved the surviving text. The burnt binding here is imagined; this readable volume is a later translation, not the lost manuscript.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 1 hr 30 min
- Where to find it
- On the Poetry shelves
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #15879. In the public domain in the United States.