Originally published: Beowulf : basic readings / edited by Peter S. Baker. 1994.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Beowulf / E. G. Stanley -- Pagan coloring of Beowulf / Larry D. Benson -- Beowulf and the margins of literacy / Eric John -- Elements of the marvellous in the characterization of Beowulf: a reconsideration of the textual evidence / Fred C. Robinson -- Authenticating voice in Beowulf / Stanley B. Greenfield -- Great feud: scriptural history and strife in Beowulf / Marijane Osborn -- Germanic context of the Unferth episode / Carol J. Clover -- Skaldic verse and the date of Beowulf / Roberta Frank -- Beowulf, Bede, and St. Oswine : the hero's pride in old English hagiography / Colin Chase -- Legacy of Wiglaf : saving a wounded Beowulf / Kevin S. Kiernan.
Women of Beowulf : a context for interpretation / Gillian R. Overing -- Kuhn's laws, old English poetry, and the new philology / Mary Blockley and Thomas Cable -- On the dating of Beowulf / Roy Michael Liuzza.
