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Beowulf

Autor Adrian Mitchell, Robinson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 oct 1998
This magnificent new edition, which includes relevant shorter texts and key illustrations, is designed specifically to help those who, while already enjoying some acquaintance with Old English, come to Beowulf for the first time.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780631172260
ISBN-10: 0631172262
Pagini: 346
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty in Anglo–Saxon literature and Anglo–Saxon studies

Notă biografică

Bruce Mitchell is Fellow Emeritus at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. His many publications include An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England (Blackwell, 1994).Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Emeritus Professor of English at Yale University. His books include The Tomb of Beowulf, and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwell, 1993).
The sixth edition of Mitchell and Robinson's A Guide to Old English was published by Blackwell in 2001.

Cuprins

Foreword. Acknowledgements.
List of Figures/Illustrations.
Map: The Geography of Beowulf.
Part I: Introduction:.
1. Manuscript.
2. Date, Place, and Circumstances, of Composition.
3. Language.
4. Structure.
5. Tone, Style, and Metre.
6. Subject Matter.
7. Two Views of Beowulf.
Part II: Text and Notes:.
Part III: How We Arrived At Our Text:.
8. Problems in Editing the Text.
9. Punctuation.
Part IV: The Background:.
10. Genealogical Tables.
11. The Geatish-Swedish Wars.
12. Archaeology and Beowulf.
13. Some Related Poems In Old English:.
14. Widsith.
15. Deor.
16. Waldere.
17. The Battle Of Finnesburh.
18. Maxims I.
19. Documents Bearing on Beowulf:.
20. Genealogies.
21. Cain And Abel.
22. The Flood.
23. Letter Of Alcuin To A Mercian Bishop, 797.
24. Hygelac.
25. The Flight Behind The Waterfall.
26. The Dragon Fight.
Bibliography.
Short Titles.
Suggestions For Further Reading.
Glossary.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
Notes on the Glossary.
Glossary of Beowulf.
Proper Names.

Descriere

Describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior. This book opens with an introduction to "Beowulf" and the critical debates surrounding it. The poem itself is presented with footnotes. A selection of related poetry, an illustrated chapter on Anglo-Saxon archaeology, and a full glossary are also included.