Seven original essays on the theory, practice and future of editing Old English verse.

Sarah Larratt Keefer, Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe

`Respect for the Book: A Reconsideration of `Form', `Content' and `Context' in Two Vernacular Poems'. - Sarah Larratt Keefer
Introduction - A.N. Doane
`Towards a New Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records'. - Donald G Scragg
`How Pedantry Meets Intertextuality: Editing the Old English Metrical Psalter'. - M J Toswell
`Abbot Ælfric's Rhythmical Prose and the Computer Age'. - Paul E Szarmach
`Beyond the ASPR: Electronic Editions of Old English Poetry'. - Patrick W Conner
Introduction -
Editing Old English Verse: The Ideal - Edward B. Irving Jr