Early British Literature Anthology: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century

Edited by Rebecca Brown; Joy Pasini, Ph.D.

Book Title: Early British Literature Anthology: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century

Authors: Edited by Rebecca Brown and Joy Pasini, Ph.D.

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Book Description: This is a cloned anthology of early British literary texts. The contents range from the anonymous epic poem Beowulf to Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear and onward to excerpts from Fanny Burney's novel Evelina and Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. Several chapters are currently undergoing design transformations in the hopes of making them more interactive for readers.

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Acknowledgements
Rebecca Brown
Preface to the Adaptation
Rebecca Brown
I. The Anglo-Saxon period, also called the Early Medieval Literary Period, part of the Middle Ages
1. 1. Beowulf, The Prelude and The Story, Part I
  Beowulf Poet (Anonymous) and Translated by Ernest J.B. Kirtlan
2. 2. The Wife's Lament (Anglo-Saxon Poetry)
  Written by Anonymous and Translated by Christian Beck
II. Part II: Anglo-Norman Literary Period, part of the Middle Ages Literary Period
1. 3. The Lais of Marie de France: Foreword and Prologue
  Written by Marie de France and Translated by David R. Slavitt
III. Part III- The Later Medieval or Middle English Literary period, part of the Middle Ages literary period
1. 4. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Fytte the First
  Written by Gawain Poet (Anonymous) and Translated by Kenneth G.T. Webster and W.A. Nielson
2. 5. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
  Geoffrey Chaucer
IV. Part IV, The Early Modern Literary Period, also known as the English Renaissance
1. 6. Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
  1. THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS
2. 7. King Lear Act 1
V. The Long Eighteenth-Century Literary Period

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Title: Early British Literature Anthology: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century
Authors: Edited by Rebecca Brown and Joy Pasini, Ph.D.
Translators: A. S. Kline; Christian Beck; and Translated by Kenneth G.T. Webster and W.A. Nielson
Contributors: Joy Pasini, Ph.D. and Rebecca Brown
License: Early British Literature Anthology: Anglo-Saxon Period to Eighteenth Century Copyright © by Edited by Rebecca Brown and Joy Pasini, Ph.D. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Additions made to this cloned Pressbook include a new cover, acknowledgements and adaptation chapters, a different translation of Marie de France’s Prologue, changes in chapter visibility and order, as well as adding a social annotation prompt, images, and H5P activities to the Fantomina chapter.
Primary Subject: Anthologies: general
Additional Subject(s): Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Institutions: North Seattle College, Seattle Colleges District