A manual of Old English prose [thesis]

575 Pages·1981·16.772 MB·English

by  Karen Jane Quinn

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A MANUAL OF OLD ENGLISH PROSE
State University of New York at Stony Brook Ph.D. 1981
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A MANUAL OF OLD ENGLISH PROSE
A Dissertation presented
by
Karen Jane Quinn
to
The Graduate School
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
in
English
State University of New York
at
Stony Brook
May 1981
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AT STONY BROOK
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Karen Jane Quinn
We, the dissertation committee for the above candidate for the Doctor
of Philosophy degree, hereby recommend acceptance of the dissertation.
Donald K. Fry, Professor,
Department of English
Stephen Spector, Assistant
Professor, Department of
English
'1
Alice S. Wilson, Associate
Professor, Department of
English
QbefST. RosetHhalProfessor,
Department of Hi storys
SUNY at Stony Brook
This dissertation is accepted by the Graduate School.
Dean of The Graduate School
May, 1981
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Abstract of the Dissertation
A Manual of Old English Prose
by
Karen Jane Quinn
Doctor of Philosophy
in
English
State University of New York at Stony Brook
1981
This dissertation is a reference work for research
in the Old English literary prose, exclusive of /Elfric
and Wulfstan. Legal documents, such as charters and
boundaries have been omitted, as have Anglo-Latin
texts. Each text is described, and its first line given,
wherever possible. Each text description includes
cross-references to the manuscripts in which the text
appears, editions which include it (exclusive of
student readers) and criticism which discusses it. A
list of the manuscripts which contain Old English prose,
in the order established by Ker’s Catalogue of Manuscripts
Containing Anglo-Saxon is included, and cross-referenced
to the texts. Annotated bibliographies of editions
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and criticism of the prose, complete through 1978, are
included and cross-referenced to the texts. Four
indices: to first line, modern title, manuscript
title and subject of homilies, are provided to assist
the scholar in locating specific texts.
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Table of Contents
Preface............................................. vi
Introduction....................................... 1
Section I - Manuscripts.................. 15
Section II - Texts.................................. 58
Section III - Editions............................27 2
Section IV - Criticism....................... 369
Section V - Indices................................518
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PREFACE
This manual is a research tool to help scholars
working with the still largely unexplored corpus of
Old English prose. As such, I hope that it will be
useful. At the very least, it should draw attention
to the vast amount which remains to be done in this
area.
Until quite recently, virtually the only scholars
who worked with Old English prose were philologists,
historians, and historical geographers. None of these
groups were particularly interested in the prose’s
literary qualities; indeed, few believed that the
prose was literature at all. Henry Sweet, in the
Introduction to his edition of the Alfredian Pastoral
Care, spoke of the text as being of "purely philological
interest." Such judments were common. But it is not
very long since Q. D. Leavis, in an article in Scrutiny,
refered to the "absurd pretence" that Beowulf was liter­
ature. When the prose has received the literary attention
which it deserves, Sweet’s statement will be set in
its proper perspective. I hope that this Manual will
make it easier for scholars to give it that attention.
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I must acknowledge the published work from which
this manual grew, and without which it could not have
been done: Neil Ker's Catalogue of Manuscripts Contain­
ing Anglo-Saxon, the Plan for the Dictionary of Old
English, by Angus Cameron and Roberta Frank. I wish to
thank my committee, Stephen Spector, Alice Wilson, and
Joel Rosenthal, whose support and comments have been
a great help, and most especially my advisor, Donald
K. Fry, who suggested the project and supported me every
step of the way. I must also thank my grandmother,
Leona Swallo, who provided the financial support for
ten months which allowed me the time to complete this
work; and also my mother-in-law, Dorothy M. Quinn, who
did most of the typing. And finally I wish to thank my
husband for supporting me emotionally through the whole
long process.
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INTRODUCTION
A. Scope: This manual provides scholars keys to infor­
mation on Old English literary prose texts. The manual
includes brief descriptions of prose texts, lists of
manuscripts in which these texts appear and annotated
bibliographies of editions and criticism of the texts.
I have included all vernacular literary prose within
the period covered by the Plan for the Dictionary of Old
English. I have omitted poetic texts, non-literary
materials (legal documents, inscriptions, and the like)
and Anglo-Latin texts. I also do not include the works
of lfric and Wulfstan, because their large copora would
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require separate treatment. I have tried to make the
bibliographies as complete as possible through 1978.
B. Description of Contents: This manual consists of
five sections:
I. Manuscripts. A list gives all manuscripts which
contain Old English prose texts that fall within the scop
of this manual. These manuscripts appear in the order
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established by N. R. Ker, with the numbers he assigned
them. The manuscript listing includes the following in­
formation: Ker number, title, present location, date of
manuscript (if known), and a list of reference numbers
for all the relevant texts which appear in the manuscript
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