These websites give an overview of the Old English Literature (also known as Anglo-Saxon Literature). They are a good way of getting acquainted with the topic.
This website has the basic information necessary to have the first contact with Old English Literature. It is a good website for the initiation on the theme because it contains many aspects related to the Anglo- Saxon Literature in a way that provides the main topics one should look for while researching the subject.
http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/library/oe/oe.html
Website with the main Old English Literature works. The texts are separated by gender: poetry, prose, runic texts, liturgical texts and reference works - a list with a good corpus of OE literature bibliography in readable form. It is recommended for a quick search at the main works.
Hypertext Old English course pack. It contains original texts, translations and plenty of information about the work. It is recommended for a deeper insight related to each text.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/engl401/index.htm
Website made by the University of Calgary. It is very organized and very didactic. It has its focus on the learning and practice of Old English language. It is recommended for those who have interest in the aspects related to the language, such as grammar, pronunciation, spelling, etc.
This is an excellent site in which we can learn the basic structures Old English language.
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=show&page=Literature
Website that presents some Old English poems - with relation to Old Norse and Germanic myths - and also Old English elegies. One of them is the original song that was used as the song of Rohan, the one Aragorn sang in the movie The Lord of the Rings.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ascp/index.htm
This site contains a large corpus of texts written in Old English, including some parts of the Bible like Genesis, Exodus and the Psalms.
Introduction to how apocalyptic ideas have influenced Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. It contains also information on Anglo-Saxon society, a gallery, a timeline and a glossary that explains not only terminologies, but offers information about the most important symbols and persons as well.
Website developed by a Professor of English at Wheaton College, with many poems written in Old English read aloud. Great for learning a bit of the language phonology.
Cædmon
Wikipedia article about the poet, who was the first one whose name is known and is considered the father of Old English poetry. It includes biography and his main works.
Excerpts of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, in which is written, among other important events of the Britain History, the biography of Cædmon. Bilingual website (Old English/Modern English)
Cynewulf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynewulf
Wikipedia article about the poet, known specially for his religious poetry.
Beowulf
Article about the most known and most important poem in Old English. It includes the story, information on the manuscripts and the authorship of the poem, and a link to a list of its many adaptations in the modern world.
McMaster University website dedicated to the poem, with its transcription and its translation. It contains explanations about the characters, including their family trees and clans, and facts about the history of the poem and its relation to the History of the Anglo-Saxons.
Documentary about the poem Beowulf and its relation with the Anglo-Saxon history. The film is divided in eight parts.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Wikipedia article about the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, a compendium of manuscripts that enlightens the history of Britain between the 9th and the 12th centuries. This article includes explanations about its composition, its importance to the modern world and the relation among its many manuscripts.
Site made by the Yale University with a translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, with notes and an introduction.
Transcription of the original manuscripts, in text and hypertext.
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