Heliand: Text and Commentary by James E. Cathey

James E. Cathey's Hêliand: Text and Commentary is a simply unique, wonderfully encompassing, and helpful text, and nothing quite like it exists anywhere in the world. The commentary portion of the book consists of an interweaving of interpretation and philological consideration. This work presents the reader with explanatory commentary that encompasses both the scientific and the poetic and treats them both with equal felicity. The volume also contains something that is exceptionally valuable and cannot be found in English: a compact and serviceable grammar of Old Saxon and an appended glossary that defines all of the vocabulary found in this edited version of the Hêliand. CONTENTS:-Preface-Introduction-The Historical Setting of the Hêliand -The Saxons-The Early Missions-The Arian and Moslem Threats-The English Mission-Charlemagne and Europe-Charlemagne and the Saxons-Consolidation of Power-Semantic Hurdles to the Task of ConversionThe Work -Hêliand Verse-The Dating of the Hêliand and