Books Most Needful to Know: Contexts for the Study of Anglo-Saxon England

by Paul E. Szarmach

Books Most Needful to Know is the newest edition in the Richard Rawlinson Center's OEN Subsidia series. It includes essays covering topics such as Old English, Old Norse, Anglo-Latin literature, and Early Medieval Ireland.

161 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2016

About the author

Paul E. Szarmach is Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. He served a five-year term as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America and Editor of Speculum. Szarmach's major field of study is Old English prose with special reference to Latin backgrounds.