03231nam 2200685 450 991082325950332120230522050811.01-4426-5799-51-4426-5751-010.3138/9781442657519(CKB)3580000000002042(MiAaPQ)EBC4670187(CEL)417707(OCoLC)903440888(CaBNVSL)thg00915968(DE-B1597)465574(OCoLC)944178563(DE-B1597)9781442657519(Au-PeEL)EBL4670187(CaPaEBR)ebr11256701(OCoLC)904376702(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106883(EXLCZ)99358000000000204220160921h19971997 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe dating of Beowulf /edited by Colin ChaseToronto, Ontario ;Buffalo, New York ;London, England :University of Toronto Press,1997.©19971 online resource (239 pages)Toronto Old English Series ;6Originally published 1981.0-8020-7879-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.Toronto Old English series ;6.Epic poetry, English (Old)ChronologyCivilization, Anglo-SaxonChronologyMiddle AgesChronologyEnglandCivilizationTo 1066ChronologyScandinaviaHistoryChronologyManuscripts.Electronic books. Epic poetry, English (Old)Civilization, Anglo-SaxonMiddle Ages829/.3Chase ColinUniversity of Toronto.Centre for Medieval Studies,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823259503321Dating of beowulf947997UNINA