Students wishing to enrol in this subject must previously have completed two single-semester subjects in Old English Language and Literature. 16.7 4th year Bernard Muir. First semester One 2-hour seminar per week. Students who complete this subject successfully:

• will have acquired advanced knowledge of Old English;
• will have read widely from the earliest surviving anthology of English poetry;
• will be familiar with trends in the critical reception of Old English literature over the past four centuries;
• will be aware of how to use information technology to assist them in more advanced research.

This subject studies selected poems from the earliest English anthology, in the original language, with emphasis on the historical and religious context. Written work of not more than 6,000 words. Muir B ed The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry U of Exeter P. Bradley S Anglo-Saxon Poetry Everyman/Dent Students wishing to enrol in this subject must previously have completed two single semester courses in Old English Language and Literature. 16.7 4th year Bernard Muir. First semester One 2-hour seminar per week. Students completing this subject:

• will have acquired advanced knowledge of Old English;
• will have read widely from the earliest surviving anthology of English poetry;
• will be familiar with trends in the critical reception of Old English literature over the past four centuries;
• will be aware of how to use information technology to assist them in more advanced research.

Selected poems from the earliest English anthology, in the original language, with emphasis on the historical and religious context. Written work of up to 6,000 words. Muir B ed The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry U of Exeter P. Bradley S Anglo-Saxon Poetry Everyman/Dent