Beowulf Handbook

Name: Beowulf Handbook
Price: 34.0 USD
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ISBN: 9780803261501

ISBN-10: 0803261500

ISBN-13: 9780803261501

Edition: 1998

Authors: John D. Niles, Robert E. Bjork, Robert Bjork, John Niles

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“This work fills a need long felt by students ofBeowulf. . . . [It] gives a real sense of the excitement and variety ofBeowulfstudies. . . . An accessible guide.”—Envoi. The most revered work composed in Old English,Beowulfis one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience,A Beowulf Handbookwill be of value to nonspecialists who wish…

Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 8/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 466
Size: 6.03" wide x 9.03" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

A Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, Robert E. Bjork is Foundation Professor of English and Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University.



Preface



Introduction: Beowulf, Truth, and Meaning




Date, Provenance, Author, Audiences




Textual Criticism




Prosody




Diction, Variation, the Formula




Rhetoric and Style




Sources and Analogues




Structure and Unity




Christian and Pagan Elements




Digressions and Episodes




Myth and History




Symbolism and Allegory




Social Milieu




The Hero and the Theme




Beowulf and Archaeology




Gender Roles




Beowulf and Contemporary Critical Theory




Translations, Versions, Illustrations



List of Abbreviations


Works Cited


Index