Download or read book The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons written by George Kumler Anderson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a one-volume descriptive history of English literature from the beginning to the Norman Conquest. Emphasis is literary rather than linguistic. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.