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en-wikipedia-org-1502		Old English literature - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	9132	994	72	In descending order of quantity, Old English literature consists of: sermons and saints' lives; biblical translations; translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers; Anglo-Saxon chronicles and narrative history works; laws, wills and other legal works; practical works on grammar, medicine, geography; and poetry.[8] In all there are over 400 surviving manuscripts from the period, of which about 189 are considered "major".[9] 174, which contains part of Ælfric's Grammar and Glossary and a short fragmentary poem often called "St. Bede's Lament", in addition to the Body and Soul poem.[11] In the 19th and early 20th centuries the focus was on the Germanic and pagan roots that scholars thought they could detect in Old English literature.[12] Later, on account of the work of Bernard F. Crowne drew on examples of the theme's appearance in twelve Anglo-Saxon texts, including one occurrence in Beowulf.[40] It was also observed in other works of Germanic origin, Middle English poetry, and even an Icelandic prose saga.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1502.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1502.txt