The Anglo-Saxon Elegies

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The Anglo-Saxon Elegies
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Anglo-Saxon Elegies

Edition year 1988
Binding Silk
Illustrator Hannah Firmin
Translator Kevin Crossley-Holland
Weight 0.5 Kg
Pages 77
Dimensions 25 × 16.3 cm

Edition details

The Anglo-Saxon Elegies. Translated and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. 8 engravings by Hannah Firmin. Printed in brown and black. Quarter-bound in dark brown moire silk with marbled paper covers, spine and cover labels. Glassine cover, no slipcase. 77pp. 25x16.3cm.

About the book

The Anglo-Saxon Elegies brings together some of the most haunting surviving poems from early English literature. These works reflect on exile, loss, loneliness, ruined kingdoms, memory and the uncertainty of human life. Poems such as The Wanderer and The Seafarer combine stark natural imagery with meditations on fate and the passing of worldly glory. Their restrained emotional power provides a remarkable glimpse into the beliefs and experiences of the Anglo-Saxon world.

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