The Beowulf Reader: Basic Readings
Author:   Peter Baker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138142695


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   30 March 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Peter Baker
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138142695


ISBN 10:   1138142697
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   30 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Beowulf; The Pagan Coloring of Beowulf; Beowulf and the Margins of Literacy; Elements of the Marvellous in the Characterization of Beowulf: A Reconsideration of the Textual Evidence; The Authenticating Voice in Beowulf; The Great Feud: Scriptural History and Strife in Beowulf III; The Germanic Context of the Unferp Episode; Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf; Beowulf, Bede, and St. Oswine: The Hero's Pride in Old English Hagiography ; The Legacy of Wiglaf: Saving a Wounded Beowulf; The Women of Beowulf: A Context for Interpretation; Kuhn's Laws, Old English Poetry, and the New Philology; On the Dating of Beowulf

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Peter Baker is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the award-winning Deconstruction and theEthical Turn (1995).

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