Beowulf

An Edition
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-631-17226-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 502 g

This magnificent new edition, which includes relevant shorter texts and key illustrations, is designed specifically to help those who, while already enjoying some acquaintance with Old English, come to Beowulf for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Bruce

Robinson, Fred C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.

Acknowledgements.

List of Figures/Illustrations.

Map: The Geography of Beowulf.

Part I: Introduction:.

1. Manuscript.

2. Date, Place, and Circumstances, of Composition.

3. Language.

4. Structure.

5. Tone, Style, and Metre.

6. Subject Matter.

7. Two Views of Beowulf.

Part II: Text and Notes:.

Part III: How We Arrived At Our Text:.

8. Problems in Editing the Text.

9. Punctuation.

Part IV: The Background:.

10. Genealogical Tables.

11. The Geatish-Swedish Wars.

12. Archaeology and Beowulf.

13. Some Related Poems In Old English:.

14. Widsith.

15. Deor.

16. Waldere.

17. The Battle Of Finnesburh.

18. Maxims I.

19. Documents Bearing on Beowulf:.

20. Genealogies.

21. Cain And Abel.

22. The Flood.

23. Letter Of Alcuin To A Mercian Bishop, 797.

24. Hygelac.

25. The Flight Behind The Waterfall.

26. The Dragon Fight.

Bibliography.

Short Titles.

Suggestions For Further Reading.

Glossary.

Abbreviations and Symbols.

Notes on the Glossary.

Glossary of Beowulf.

Proper Names.

Über Autor(innen)

Bruce Mitchell is Fellow Emeritus at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. His many publications include An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England (Blackwell, 1994).

Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Emeritus Professor of English at Yale University. His books include The Tomb of Beowulf, and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwell, 1993).
The sixth edition of Mitchell and Robinson's A Guide to Old English was published by Blackwell in 2001.