Raymond Wilson Chambers, Chambers R. W.

Beowulf

An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chamber's introduction to Beowulf is the most comprehensive study of the whole problem of this remarkable Anglo-Saxon manuscript.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 901g
• ISBN-13: 9780521100625
• ISBN-10: 0521100623
• Artikelnr.: 25545710

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 1. The Historical Elements
2. The Non-historical elements
3. Theories as to the origin , date and structure of the poem
Part II. Documents illustrating the stories in Beowulf and the Offa-Saga
Part III. The fight at Finnsburg
Part IV. Appendix
Part V. Recent work on Beowulf to 1930
Part VI. Recent work on Beowulf to 1958
Additional notes
Bibliographies
Index.