Beowulf: an Edition

Name: Beowulf: an Edition
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ISBN: 9780631172260

ISBN-10: 0631172262

ISBN-13: 9780631172260

Edition: 1998

Authors: Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson

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Bruce Mitchell and Fred Robinson are two of the foremost scholars in the field of Old English language and literature. Here, they draw on their extensive learning and teaching experience in order to create the definitive classroom edition of the Anglo-Saxon epic, Beowulf, which describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior. The book opens with an extensive introduction to Beowulf and the critical debates surrounding it. The poem itself is presented with explanatory footnotes to make it more easily intelligible. The editors then give a detailed account of how they arrived at their text, before finally guiding readers through the background to the poem. A selection of related…

Book details

List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/2/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgements


List of Figures/Illustrations


Map: The Geography of Beowulf



Introduction



Manuscript



Date, Place, and Circumstances, of Composition



Language



Structure



Tone, Style, and Metre



Subject Matter



Two Views of Beowulf



Text and Notes



How We Arrived At Our Text



Problems in Editing the Text



Punctuation



The Background



Genealogical Tables



The Geatish-Swedish Wars



Archaeology and Beowulf



Some Related Poems In Old English



Widsith



Deor



Waldere



The Battle Of Finnesburh



Maxims I



Documents Bearing on Beowulf



Genealogies



Cain And Abel



The Flood



Letter Of Alcuin To A Mercian Bishop, 797



Hygelac



The Flight Behind The Waterfall



The Dragon Fight


Bibliography


Short Titles


Suggestions For Further Reading


Glossary


Abbreviations and Symbols


Notes on the Glossary


Glossary of Beowulf


Proper Names