This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. <br><ul><br><li>An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature. <br><li>Structured around 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar. <br><li>Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework. <br><li>Creates new connections between different genres, periods and authors. <br><li>Combines close textual analysis with historical context. <br><li>Based on the author's many years experience of teaching Old English literature. <br><li>The author is co-editor with Seamus Heaney of <i>Beowulf: A Verse Translation</i> (2001) and recently published with Blackwell <i>Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend</i> (2003). </li></ul>