Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520018303
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Viator
Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520018303
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Beowulf
Author: Roy LiuzzaPublisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 9781551111896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem.
Ingeld and Christ
Author: Michael D. ChernissPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110866412
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A Beowulf Handbook
Author: Robert E. BjorkPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The most revered work composed in Old English,Beowulfis one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience,A Beowulf Handbookwill be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.
The Moral Economy of the Countryside
Author: Rosamond FaithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108487327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Shows the 'moral economy' of early medieval England transformed by 'feudal thinking' in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest.
Old English Biblical Verse
Author: Paul G. RemleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052147454X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
An extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group.
Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Volume 2 (1971)
Author: The Center for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520313593
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Beowulf
Author: Recursive Desire
Author: Jeremy M. DownesPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817358188
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Recursive Desire rereads the epic tradition and specific epic poems in ways that challenge traditional notions of the genre and highlights its vital, shifting, polyvocal array (and disarray) of textual forces.
Beowulf
Author: Michael SwantonPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719051463
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Beowulf is to English what the Odyssey and Iliad are to Greek literature ? the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance not only in England but in the whole of western Europe. Since its rediscovery and the appearance of the first printed editions in the middle of the last century, this moving and dramatic epic has attracted considerable scholarly attention, and Dr Swanton is able to draw on this wealth of scholarship to present a considered and balanced introduction to the poem. Explanatory notes, drawing on archaeological sources, expand the poet’s more esoteric allusions and offer background information on contemporary manners and customs. A prose translation faces the text, which should be invaluable to both students and the general reader.