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On-Line Resources

“Šorvald še Scop”   Last updated 10 December, 2002 . Article by Roland Williamson 1999..
Articles about Anglo-Saxon, Viking and English History.

“Readings of Old English Poetry”   Ša Engliscan Gesižas:  A society for people interested in all aspects of Anglo Saxon language and culture.  Since Frigedęg xiii Geolmonaš an mdcccc.xcvi
Contains a brief introduction to the art of the on Scops.  Translations and readings of bardic poetry in Real Audio format.

“An Anglo Saxon Symbel” By Eric Wodening.  Original version first published in Theod,volume II, issue 2, Waelburges 1995.  © 1998 Eric Wodening. All rights reserved.
Author presents an essay on the Symbel, an ancient Anglo-Saxon drinking ritual in which the scop played a vital role.

Print Resources

Anderson, Lewis Flint.  The Anglo-Saxon Scop.  Folcroft, PA: Folcroft Press, 1969.  Originally a Master’s Thesis written in 1903, this short book focuses on the varied functions of the scop.

Conquergood Dwight.  "Literacy and Oral Performance in Anglo-Saxon England:  Conflict and Confluence of Tradition,"  Performance of Literature in Historical Perspective.  Ed(s) Thompson, New York:  University Press of America, 1983.

Conquergood, Dwight.  "Boasting in Anglo-Saxon England:  Performance and Heroic Ethos."  Literature in Performance 1.4 (April, 1981): 24-35.

Maclean, Sally-Beth.  "Travelling Players,"  A Companion to the Medieval Theatre.  Ed(s) Vince.  New York:  Greenwood Press, 1989.

Opland, Jeff.  Anglo-Saxon Oral Poetry:  A Study of Traditions.  New Haven:  Yale University Press,  1980.

Paden, William D. "Europe from Latin to Vernacular in Epic, Lyric, Romance,"  Performance of Literature in Historical Perspective.  Ed(s) Thompson, New York:  University Press of America, 1983.

Compiled by Dr. Kelly S. Taylor
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