UID:
almafu_9961991405202883
Format:
1 online resource (239 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-5799-5
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1-4426-5751-0
Series Statement:
Toronto Old English Series ; 6
Content:
The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large ramifications. This collection of essays by leading scholars has become a standard reference for scholarship in the area.
Note:
Originally published 1981.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Editor’s preface --
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Abbreviations --
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The Dating of Beowulf --
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Opinions on the Date of Beowulf, 1815–1980 --
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The Eleventh-Century Origin of Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript --
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The Nowell Codex and the Poem of Beowulf --
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A Reconsideration of the Language of Beowulf --
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Metrical Style as Evidence for the Date of Beowulf --
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Hetware and Hugas: Datable Anachronisms in Beowulf --
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Beowulf, the Danish Invasions, and Royal Genealogy --
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The Audience of Beowulf and the Vikings --
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Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf --
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Variation in Beowulf and the Poetic Edda: A Chronological Experiment --
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Saints’ Lives, Royal Lives, and the Date of Beowulf --
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Style as the Criterion for Dating the Composition of Beowulf --
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On the Date of Composition of Beowulf --
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The Date of Beowulf: Some Doubts and No Conclusions --
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Afterword: The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8020-7879-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Manuscripts.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442657519
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