The dating of Beowulf / / edited by Colin Chase
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| Titolo: |
The dating of Beowulf / / edited by Colin Chase
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
| ©1997 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (239 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 829/.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, English (Old) |
| Civilization, Anglo-Saxon | |
| Middle Ages | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England Civilization To 1066 Chronology |
| Scandinavia History Chronology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Manuscripts. |
| Electronic books. | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ChaseColin |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dating of beowulf |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-5799-5 |
| 1-4426-5751-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823259503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Toronto Old English series ; ; 6.