Beowulf : the Donaldson translation, backgrounds and sources, criticism

Beowulf : the Donaldson translation, backgrounds and sources, criticism / edited by Joseph F. Tuso.

Presents an annotated text of the saga of the hero Beowulf, slayer of the monster Grendel, and includes backgrounds and sources, as well as critical commentary.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Donaldson, E. Talbot (Ethelbert Talbot), 1910-1987, Tuso, Joseph F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Old English
Published: New York : Norton, [1975]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Norton critical edition.
Subjects:
Beowulf, > King of the Geats > Poetry.
Grendel > (Monster) > Poetry.
Beowulf.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Monsters in literature.
Dragons in literature.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > Translations into English.
Monsters > Poetry.
Dragons > Poetry.
Heroes > Poetry.
Scandinavia > Poetry.
Poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations.
Table of Contents:
  • The text of Beowulf / translated by E. Talbot Donaldson
  • The origins of Old English to 800 A.D. / Robert C. Hughes
  • Nature and quality of Old English poetry / Stanley B. Greenfield
  • [Old English prosody and Caedmon's hymn] / E. Talbot Donaldson
  • [Manuscript-Sources-Audience] / E.G. Stanley
  • [Time and Milieu of Beowulf's composition] / Dorothy Whitelock
  • [The Old English Scop and Widsith] / Kemp Malon
  • Genesis of the poem / Fr. Klaeber
  • [A Scandinavian parallel-the Grettis saga / R.W. Chambers
  • [The Finn episode and its parallel] / Stanley B. Greenfield
  • [The Danish-Heatho-Bard feud] / Fr. Klaeber
  • [The historicity of Beowulf] / C.L. Wrenn
  • [Royal halls-The Sutton Hoo ship burial] / Ralph Arnold
  • [Overview of] the poem / E. Talbot Donaldson
  • The Christian coloring / Fr. Klaeber
  • Beowulf : The monsters and the critics / J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The structure of Beowulf / Kenneth Sisam
  • [The governing theme of Beowulf] / R.E. Kaske
  • [Beowulf's spiritual vulnerability] / Margaret E. Goldsmith
  • Symbolic metaphor and design of Beowulf / Alvin A. Lee
  • The interlace structure of Beowulf / John Leyerle
  • Oral-fomulaic theory / Frederic G. Cassidy and Richard N. Ringler
  • The Beowulf poet / Paull F. Baum
  • [The Geats and the Swedes] / E.V.K. Dobbie
  • The feud : Ravenswood / Edward B. Irving, Jr.
  • [Beowulf-a personal elegy] / Frederick R. Rebsamen.

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