The Recovery of Old English: Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center)

The eight essays in The Recovery of Old English consider major aspects of the progress of Anglo-Saxon studies from their Tudor beginnings until their coming of age in the second half of the seventeenth century. The Study Of The Anglo-saxon Chronicle In The Seventeenth Century And The Establishment Of Old English Studies In The Universities / Angelika Lutz -- John Joscelyn, Pioneer Of Old English Lexicography / Timothy Graham -- The Anglo-saxon Pantheon According To Richard Verstegen / Rolf H. Bremmer, Jr. -- William L'isle And The Editing Of Old English / Phillip Pulsiano -- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms Laud Misc. 381: William L'isle, Ælfric, And The Ancrene Wisse / Stuart Lee -- The Construction Of Structure In The Earliest Editions Of Old English Poetry / Danielle Cunniff Plumer -- The Oracle Of His Countrey? William Somner, Gavelkind, And Lexicography In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries / Kathryn A. Lowe -- That Most Elaborate One Of Fr. Junius: An Investigation Of Francis Junius's Manuscript Old English Dictionary / Kees Dekker. Edited By Timothy Graham. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 345-387) And Indexes.