Old English/ Anglo-Saxon Literature Writers and their works; Summary

Old English/Anglo Saxon literature Writers and their works:

Poets/Poetry:

1. Caedmon  

2. Cynewulf

            a)  Juliana

            b) The fates of the Apostles 

            c) Christ

            d) Elene

Lyric poems:

a) The Husband's Message

b)  The Wanderer

c)  The Wife's Complaint

d) Doer's Complaint

Religious poems influenced from the Bible:

a) Genesis A

b) Genesis B

c) Exodus

d) Daniel

e) Christ and Satan

f) The Dream of the Rood

g) Andreas

h) Guthlac

Heroic epic - Beowulf

Prose/Prose writers and their works:

Prose

-  The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Prose writers and their works:

1. Aelfrica. Homiliesb. Lives of Saints

2. King Alfred - translated a number of Latin books into Old English Language