Article: Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures.(Brief article)(Book review)

Beowulf and Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures. Richard North and Joe Allard, editors. Pearson Education Ltd. [pounds sterling]16.99 p.b. xii + 525 pages. ISBN 978-1-4058-3672-5. This volume has seventeen stimulating essays and an epilogue on 'The End of Old English' by David Crystal. The editors' aim is to show 'how good the poem Beowulf really is and how interesting the other stories in Old English, Old Icelandic or Anglo-Norman literatures really are'. After an introduction by the editors and David Crystal, the essays examine a wide variety of related subjects: Old English influence on The Lord of the ...

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