INSIDE OLD ENGLISH: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF BRUCE MITCHELL; ED. BY JOHN WALMSLEY

Inside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell gives readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English. Consists of a series of original essays written by prominent specialists in the field in honour of the eminent Oxford scholar, Bruce Mitchell (co-author of the best-selling textbook, A Guide to Old English , 6th edition, Blackwell, 2001). Encourages readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical contexts of Old English texts. Explores the problems scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts. Highlights the essential secondary literature for each topic. Each of the contributors writes in a straightforward and authoritative style, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic. "Inside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell" gives readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English. It consists of a series of original essays written by prominent specialists in this field, "Inside Old English" enables readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical discourses of Old English. It gives them an appreciation of the relationship between Old English authors and scribes, and of how language and usage have changed and developed over time, thus helping them to understand the problems modern-day scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts. Each of the contributors writes in a straightforward and authoritative style, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic

Inside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell offers readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English.

• Brings together original essays written by prominent specialists in the field in honour of Bruce Mitchell, the eminent Oxford scholar and co-author of the bestselling A Guide to Old English, 6th edition
• Encourages readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical contexts of Old English texts
• Explores the problems scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts
• Contributors provide authoritative and informative perspectives, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic

In 1998 Bruce Mitchell and Fred C. Robinson published their landmark edition of Beowulf (Mitchell & Robinson 1998).