Description
About the Author
BRIAN MURDOCH is Emeritus Professor of German at Stirling University, Scotland. He is the author of many books, including titles for both Camden House and D.S. Brewer.
Reviews
A fine addition to English-language scholarship on the topic. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *
... fills a void in the scholarship.... offer[s] a fresh look at the core texts of the early medieval period and the context in which they were produced.... [This is] a carefully edited book. Students and teachers/scholars will benefit from the concise and stimulating analysis of core texts, as well as from the very helpful notes, bibliography of primary and secondary literature, and index. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *
Students of Old High German language and literature will greatly profit from this solid collection of articles. * GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW *
This volume ... provides access for non-specialists to texts and issues involving the works of the Old High German period. In his introduction, Murdoch offers a concise look at the dizzying array of pertinent territorial, linguistic, orthographic, and codicological issues.... The essays themselves are clearly written, and assume very little knowledge of the subject matter. * GERMAN QUARTERLY *
A solidly written, carefully crafted and thorough introduction to the history of German literature of the early medieval period. Brian Murdoch and his volume authors have succeeded in publishing a standard work for the Anglo-Saxon world. For German readers the book is a welcome supplement to existing literary histories. * MEDIAEVISTIK *
The first two volumes in the Camden House History of German Literature together provide the reader with an admirably innovative guide to tackling the earliest literature in German and in related Germanic languages. * MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW *
Book Information
ISBN 9781571132406
Author Professor Brian Murdoch
Format Hardback
Page Count 300
Imprint Camden House Inc
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g