The dating of Beowulf / / edited by Colin Chase

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823259503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997; ©1997
• ISBN: 1-4426-5799-5; 1-4426-5751-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 pages)
• Collana: Toronto Old English Series ; ; 6
• Disciplina: 829/.3
• Soggetti: Epic poetry, English (Old); Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Middle Ages; Manuscripts.; Electronic books.; England Civilization To 1066 Chronology; Scandinavia History Chronology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published 1981.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor’s preface -- Abbreviations -- The Dating of Beowulf -- Opinions on the Date of Beowulf, 1815–1980 -- The Eleventh-Century Origin of Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript -- The Nowell Codex and the Poem of Beowulf -- A Reconsideration of the Language of Beowulf -- Metrical Style as Evidence for the Date of Beowulf -- Hetware and Hugas: Datable Anachronisms in Beowulf -- Beowulf, the Danish Invasions, and Royal Genealogy -- The Audience of Beowulf and the Vikings -- Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf -- Variation in Beowulf and the Poetic Edda: A Chronological Experiment -- Saints’ Lives, Royal Lives, and the Date of Beowulf -- Style as the Criterion for Dating the Composition of Beowulf -- On the Date of Composition of Beowulf -- The Date of Beowulf: Some Doubts and No Conclusions -- Afterword: The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.