UID:
edocfu_9958352318302883
Format:
1 online resource (288 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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Edition:
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ISBN:
9780812204407
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages Series
Content:
Rarely are these works translated by someone who is both a medieval scholar and a poet, and this combination makes for both fidelity to the complexity of the originals and compelling poetry in a modern idiom.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Foreword /
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Note on Editions --
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Guide to Pronouncing Old English --
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On Translating Old English Poetry --
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Introduction --
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Beowulf --
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A Note on Genres --
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Heroic or Historical Poems --
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Elegies --
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Selected Exeter Book Riddles --
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Gnomic or Wisdom Poems --
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Religious Poems --
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Appendix A. "Digressions": Battles, Feuds, and Family Strife in Beowulf --
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Appendix B. Genealogies in Beowulf --
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Appendix C. Two Scandinavian Analogues of Beowulf --
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Appendix D. Possible Riddle Solutions --
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Glossary of Proper Names --
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Bibliography --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812204407
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204407
