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Michael Alexander

Michael Alexander’s verse translations of Old English poetry are published by Penguin Classics and Anvil. More recently he has published A History of English Literature, Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England, and Reading Shakespeare.



Michael Alexander's work featured in PN Review comprises three reports, four contributions of poetry, five articles, and two reviews, over a period of 36 years. Also available are seven reviews of Michael Alexander's work.
Further Reading
Subscribers only Reviewed by William Cookson in PN Review 15 (1980) on Michael Alexander's 'Pound'
Subscribers only Reviewed by John Clarke in PN Review 19 (1981) on Michael Alexander's 'Old English Riddles'
Subscribers only Reviewed by Dick Davis in PN Review 29 (1983) Michael Alexander
Subscribers only Reviewed by Brian Morton in PN Review 43 (1985) on Michael Alexander's Old English Literature
Subscribers only Reviewed by Matt Bryden in PN Review 145 (2002) on Logue and Alexander translations
Subscribers only Reviewed by Henry King in PN Review 181 (2008) on Dick David and Michael Alexander
Subscribers only Reviewed by Judith Willson in PN Review 182 (2008) on Michael Alexander's Medievalism
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