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Dating of Beowulf: Toronto Old English Studies


en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 mai 1997

The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large consequences. Does the poem provide us with an accurate if idealized view of early Germanic culture? Or is it rather a creature of nostalgia and imagination, born of the desire of a later age to create for itself a glorious past? If we cannot decide when, between the 5th and 11th centuries, the poem was composed, we cannot distinguish what elements in Beowulf belong properly to the history of material culture, to the history of myth and legend, to political history, or to the development of the English literary imagination.

This book represents both individual and concerted attempts to deal with this important question, and presents one of the most important inconclusions in the study of Old English. The contributors raise so many doubts, turn up so much new and disturbing information, dismantle so many long-accepted scholarly constructs that Beowulf studies will never be the same: henceforth every discussion of the poem and its period will begin with reference to this volume.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780802078797
ISBN-10: 0802078796
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 172 x 248 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: University of Toronto Press (Scholarly Pub)
Seria Toronto Old English Studies

Locul publicării:Canada

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The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large ramifications. This collection of essays by leading scholars has become a standard reference for scholarship in the area.