{"product_id":"early-germanic-literature-and-culture-brian-murdoch-9781571131997","title":"Early Germanic Literature and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of fresh essays examining the wide scope and significance of early Germanic culture and literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first volume of this set views the development of writing in German with respect to broad aspects of the early Germanic past, drawing on a range of disciplines including archaeology, anthropology, and philology in addition toliterary history. The first part considers the whole concept of Germanic antiquity and the way in which it has been approached, examines classical writings about Germanic origins and the earliest Germanic tribes, and looks at thetwo great influences on the early Germanic world: the confrontation with the Roman Empire and the displacement of Germanic religion by Christianity. A chapter on orality -- the earliest stage of all literature -- provides a bridgeto the earliest Germanic writings. The second part of the book is devoted to written Germanic -- rather than German -- materials, with a series of chapters looking first at the Runic inscriptions, then at Gothic, the first Germanic language to find its way onto parchment (in Ulfilas's Bible translation). The topic turns finally to what we now understand as literature, with general surveys of the three great areas of early Germanic literature: Old Norse, Old English, and Old High and Low German. A final chapter is devoted to the Old Saxon Heliand.\u003cbr\u003eContributors: T. M. Andersson, Heinrich Beck, Graeme Dunphy, Klaus Düwel, G. Ronald Murphy, Adrian Murdoch, Brian Murdoch, Rudolf Simek, Herwig Wolfram.\u003cbr\u003eBrian Murdoch and Malcolm Read both teach in the German Department of the University of Stirling in Scotland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Murdoch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157113199X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571131997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Camden House (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 9.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2005 pg. 1232","brand":"Brian Murdoch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437850112255,"sku":"9781571131997","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_713b995d-9f62-4e5e-b642-f93e5eedd276.jpg?v=1777167190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-germanic-literature-and-culture-brian-murdoch-9781571131997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}