Description:
New Readings in the Vercelli Book addresses central questions concerning the manuscript's intended use, mode of compilation, and purpose, and offers a variety of approaches on such topics as orthography, style, genre, theme, and source-study.
Review Quotes: 'This collection as a whole does a fair job of reflecting the nature of current Anglo-Saxon studies, particularly homilies At its best, such work can deliver new insights into an unfamiliar aesthetics and into the nature of Anglo-Saxon society.'--Jonathan Wilcox, Journal of English and Germanic Philology January 2012
'It is no less than a mandatory reading for serious scholars studying any aspect of the manuscript, whilst also seeming likely to serve as a great source of inspiration to those engaged with Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry of all kinds for some time to come.'--Michael Bintley, English Studies, vol 93:02:2012