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

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

Chambers, Raymond Wilson
R. W., Chambers

Paperback

Literary CriticismGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0521100623
ISBN13: 9780521100625
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 29 2009
Pages: 648
Weight: 1.79
Height: 1.43 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Chamber's introduction to Beowulf is the most comprehensive study of the whole problem of this remarkable Anglo-Saxon manuscript. The original edition, published in 1921, began with a summary of the views held by previous writers on historical and non-historical elements in the poem, its date, origin and structure; this was followed by a collection of the Latin and Scandinavian documents furnishing parallels for various episodes and a detailed discussion of the Fight at Finnsberg and the relation of the Finn-episode in Beowulf and the relevance of archaeological finds. The second edition provided a supplement on work up to 1930 and an additional bibliography. This third edition, similarly, accounts for scholarship and publications since 1930. The Sutton Hoo discoveries of 1939, in particular, have made additions necessary. The original text remains unaltered since no major change of emphasis or interpretation is needed; but Professor Wrenn's new supplement and bibliography brings the book up to date.

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