Uniform Title Beowulf. English. Title Beowulf : a prose translation : backgrounds and contexts, criticism / translated by E. Talbot Donaldson ; edited by Nicholas Howe

Edition Second edition Published New York : Norton, [2002] ©2002

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Description xvi, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm Series A Norton critical edition Norton critical edition. Contents The Translation / E. Talbot Donaldson -- The Text of Beowulf -- Backgrounds and Contexts -- The Beowulf Manuscript -- Tribes and Genealogies -- The Geography of Beowulf -- The Origins of Old English to 800 A.D. / Robert C. Hughes -- [Old English Prosody and Caedmon's Hymn] / E. Talbot Donaldson -- Criticism -- Appositive Style and the Theme of Beowulf / Fred C. Robinson -- The Beowulf Poet's Sense of History / Roberta Frank -- Reconceiving Beowulf: Poetry as Social Praxis / John D. Niles -- Beowulf and the Psychology of Terror / Michael Lapidge -- "Paet Waes Geomuru Ides!" A Female Stereotype Examined / Joyce Hill -- The Female Mourner at Beowulf's Funeral: Filling in the Blanks/Hearing the Spaces / Helen Bennett -- The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf / Nicholas Howe Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) SUBJECT Beowulf. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018834 Subject Dragons in literature. Dragons -- Poetry. Epic poetry, English (Old) -- Modernized versions Epic poetry, English (Old) Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism. Monsters in literature. Monsters -- Poetry. SUBJECT Scandinavian and Nordic Countries -- Poetry. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116909 Scandinavian and Nordic Countries -- In literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010111978 Genre/Form Poetry. Author Donaldson, E. Talbot (Ethelbert Talbot), 1910-1987. Howe, Nicholas. LC no. 2001030889 ISBN 0393974065 (paperback)

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