The Wisdom of Exeter: Anglo-Saxon Studies in Honor of Patrick W. Conner (Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. The Conners of Exeter, 1070-1150 -- 2. Winchester Revisited: Æthelwold, Lucifer, and the Place of Origin of MS Junius 11 -- 3. Metrical Footprints and Pat Conner's Exeter Booklets -- 4. The Early Modern Afterlife of Exeter's Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts -- 5. The Divisions of the Ruthwell Cross -- 6. Lagustreamas: The Changing Waters Surrounding J. R. R. Tolkien and The Battle of Maldon -- 7. The Curse of Sleep in Anglo-Saxon England -- 8. Andreas's Blooming Blood -- 9. Guthlac as Potential Brigand: Guthlac A lines 114-40 -- 10. Performance and Audience in the Exeter Book Riddles -- Publications of Patrick W. Conner -- Index Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Introduction 10 1. The Conners of Exeter, 1070–1150 20 2. Winchester Revisited: Æthelwold, Lucifer, and the Place of Origin of MS Junius 11 36 3. Metrical Footprints and Pat Conner’s Exeter Booklets 72 4. The Early Modern Afterlife of Exeter’s Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 86 5. The Divisions of the Ruthwell Cross 140 6. Lagustreamas: The Changing Waters Surrounding J. R. R. Tolkien and The Battle of Maldon 166 7. The Curse of Sleep in Anglo-Saxon England 186 8. Andreas’s Blooming Blood 206 9. Guthlac as Potential Brigand: Guthlac A lines 114–40 230 10. Performance and Audience in the Exeter Book Riddles 236 Publications of Patrick W. Conner 252 Index 256 "This interdisciplinary volume collects original essays in literary criticism and literary theory, philology, codicology, metrics, and art history. Composed by prominent scholars in Anglo-Saxon studies, these essays honor the depth and breadth of Patrick W. Conner's influence in our discipline. As a scholar, teacher, editor, administrator and innovator, Pat has contributed to Anglo-Saxon studies for four decades. It is hard to say which of his legacies is most profound."--Publisher's website

This interdisciplinary volume collects original essays in literary criticism and literary theory, philology, codicology, metrics, and art history. Composed by prominent scholars in Anglo-Saxon studies, these essays honor the depth and breadth of Patrick W. Conner's influence in our discipline. As a scholar, teacher, editor, administrator and innovator, Pat has contributed to Anglo-Saxon studies for four decades. It is hard to say which of his legacies is most profound.