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On-Line Resources

�orvald �e Scop�   Last updated 10 December, 2002 . Article by Roland Williamson 1999..
Articles about Anglo-Saxon, Viking and English History.

�Readings of Old English Poetry�   �a Engliscan Gesi�as:  A society for people interested in all aspects of Anglo Saxon language and culture.  Since Friged�g xiii Geolmona� 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.

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