Leonard Neidorf, Allen J. Frantzen, Dennis Cronan, Emily Bowman, Frederick M. Biggs

The Dating of Beowulf

A Reassessment
Herausgeber: Neidorf, Leonard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The dating of Beowulf has been a central question in Anglo-Saxon studies for the past two centuries, since it affects not only the interpretation of Beowulf, but also the trajectory of early English literary history. By exploring evidence for the poem's date of composition, the essays in this volume contribute to a wide range of pertinent fields, including historical linguistics, Old English metrics, onomastics, and textual criticism. Many aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary culture are likewise examined, as contributors gauge the chronological significance of the monsters, heroes, history, and theology brought together in Beowulf. Discussions of methodology and the history of the discipline also figure prominently in this collection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: D.S.Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781843843870
• ISBN-10: 1843843870
• Artikelnr.: 40586083

Autorenporträt

Leonard Neidorf

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Beowulf and Language History
R D Fulk Germanic Legend, Scribal Errors, and Cultural Change
Leonard Neidorf Names in Beowulf and Anglo
Saxon England
Tom Shippey The Limits of Conservative Composition in Old English Poetry
Megan E. Hartman The Date of Composition of Beowulf and the Evidence of Metrical Evolution
Thomas A. Bredehoft Beowulf and the Containment of Scyld in the West Saxon Royal Genealogy
Dennis Cronan History and Fiction in the Frisian Raid
Frederick M. Biggs 'Give the People What They Want': Historiography and Rhetorical History of the Dating of Beowulf Controversy
Michael D. C Drout 'Give the People What They Want': Historiography and Rhetorical History of the Dating of Beowulf Controversy
Emily Bowman 'Give the People What They Want': Historiography and Rhetorical History of the Dating of Beowulf Controversy
Phoebe Boyd A Note on the Other Heorot
Joseph Harris Beowulf and Conversion History
Thomas D Hill Material Monsters and Semantic Shifts
Rafael J. Pascual Scandals in Toronto: Kaluza's Law and Transliteration Errors
George Clark Afterword: Beowulf and Everything Else
Allen J. Frantzen