古英语动物寓言集 The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 352 pages, B&W integrated throughout

Publisher:Profile Books Ltd

Imprint:Profile Books Ltd

Edition:Main

ISBN:9781800815803

Published:1 Nov 2024

Weight:271g

Dimensions:196 x 126 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“无价之宝——而且非常有趣……这是一场狂欢，也是历史和幻想爱好者的不容错过之作”——埃莉诺·詹尼加

“无穷无尽的魅力”——《旁观者》

古英语是在一千多年前使用的，当时每种动物都是一个动物。在这个闪闪发光的单词和动物集合中，我们发现了大大小小的动物，普通的、非凡的和令人困惑的动物。从行尸走肉（蜘蛛）和灰色斗篷（鹰）到月亮头和牙齿暴君（历史学家仍然不知道！），我们发现了一个既熟悉又陌生的世界：蚂蚁可能是怪物，豹子可能是你的朋友，狗头人和大象一样真实，鲸鱼和狼一样狡猾。

《Wordhord》的作者又一次带来了对古英语领域的精彩探索：这些词语和生物将改变你看待世界的方式，而奇怪的生物就是我们！

'Invaluable - and hugely entertaining ... It is an absolute romp and a must-have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike' - Eleanor Janega

'Endlessly fascinating'- the Spectator

Old English was spoken over a thousand years ago, when every animal was a deor. In this glittering collection of words and animals we find deors big and small, ordinary, extraordinary and delightfully baffling. From walker-weavers (spiders) and grey-cloaked ones (eagles) to moon-heads and teeth-tyrants (historians still don't know!), we discover a world both familiar and strange: where ants could be monsters and panthers could be your friend, where dog-headed men were as real as elephants and where whales were as artful as wolves.

From the author of The Wordhord comes another delightful dive into the realm of Old English: words and creatures that will change the way you see the world, and the strangest creatures of all - us!

作者简介

Hana Videen 自 2013 年开始每天发一条推文，开始收集古英语单词。现在有超过 20,000 人关注她，每天从她的词汇库中获取这些精华。在伦敦国王学院获得古英语博士学位后，她现在是加拿大的一名作家和博主，将历史趣闻翻译成引人入胜的故事。

Hana Videen has been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when she began tweeting one a day. Now over 20,000 people follow her for these daily gems from her wordhord. After her Old English doctorate at King's College London, she is now a writer and blogger in Canada, translating curiosities of history into engaging narratives.