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PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
ISBN-100268000069
ISBN-139780268000066
eBay Product ID (ePID)80071
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Number of Pages400 Pages
Publication NameAnthology of Beowulf Criticism
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
SubjectMedieval, Epic, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Poetry
AuthorLewis E. Nicholson
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN63-024307
ReviewsTwo of the eighteen essays included are works of outstanding importance, which have marked turning points in the criticism of Old English poetry: J.R.R. Tolkien's British Academy lecture . . . and Francis P. Magoun, Jr.'s . . . 'The Oral-Formulaic Character of Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry., "Two of the eighteen essays included are works of outstanding importance, which have marked turning points in the criticism of Old English poetry: J.R.R. Tolkien's British Academy lecture . . . and Francis P. Magoun, Jr.'s . . . 'The Oral-Formulaic Character of Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poetry." --Modern Language Review
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SynopsisWas the Beowulf -poet a Christian or was he a noble pagan whose outlook had been only slightly colored by exposure to Christian thinking? This is but one of the fascinating topics discussed in this anthology of criticism on the early medieval masterpiece. The eighteen contribution to the anthology are arranged chronologically according to the date of the criticism's first publication. The outstanding scholars whose critical writing is presented here range from the turn-of-the-century critic F. A. Blackburn through the Englishman J. R. R. Tolkien to such contemporaries as Kemp Malone, Morton Bloomfield, and R. E. Kaske. Nearly every aspect of the Beowulf is discussed and controverted in terms of literary analysis. Old English, Old Norse, Latin, and Old French passages are translated in the accompanying text as an aid to undergraduate students meeting Beowulf for the first time., Nearly every aspect of the Beowulf is discussed and controverted in terms of literary analysis. Old English, Old Norse, Latin, and Old French passages are translated in the accompanying text as an aid to undergraduate students meeting Beowulf for the first time., Was the Beowulf-poet a Christian or was he a noble pagan whose outlook had been only slightly colored by exposure to Christian thinking? This is but one of the fascinating topics discussed in this anthology of criticism on the early medieval masterpiece. The eighteen contribution to the anthology are arranged chronologically according to the date of the criticism's first publication. The outstanding scholars whose critical writing is presented here range from the turn-of-the-century critic F. A. Blackburn through the Englishman J. R. R. Tolkien to such contemporaries as Kemp Malone, Morton Bloomfield, and R. E. Kaske. Nearly every aspect of the Beowulf is discussed and controverted in terms of literary analysis. Old English, Old Norse, Latin, and Old French passages are translated in the accompanying text as an aid to undergraduate students meeting Beowulf for the first time.
