Elene. English

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Elene of Cynewulf, by CynewulfThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Elene of CynewulfAuthor: CynewulfRelease Date: January 24, 2005 [EBook #14781]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ELENE OF CYNEWULF ***Produced by David Starner, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISHALBERT S. COOK, EDITORXXITHEELENE OF CYNEWULFTRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSEBYLUCIUS HUDSON HOLTPORTER FELLOW IN ENGLISH IN YALE UNIVERSITYNEW YORKHENRY HOLT AND COMPANY1904[FACSIMILE]PREFACEThis translation was made from the edition of the Elene issued byCharles W. Kent in 1889 (Ginn & Co., Boston). His text is 'that ofZupitza's second edition, carefully compared with Wülker's edition andZupitza's third edition, in which the results of Napier's collation arecontained.'The aim of this translation is to give an accurate and readable modern English prose rendering of the Old Englishpoetry. The translation of Richard Francis Weymouth, entitled A Literal Translation of Cynewulf's Elene, has been athand, but I owe it practically nothing in this work. While I trust that my rendering has not departed so far from the textthat it will be valueless to the student, yet ...