The Dating of Beowulf

Colin Chase

ISBN 10: 0802078796 / ISBN 13: 9780802078797

Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Mai 1997, 1997

Beschreibung

Neuware - The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large consequences. Does the poem provide us with an accurate if idealized view of early Germanic culture Or is it rather a creature of nostalgia and imagination, born of the desire of a later age to create for itself a glorious past If we cannot decide when, between the 5th and 11th centuries, the poem was composed, we cannot distinguish what elements in Beowulf belong properly to the history of material culture, to the history of myth and legend, to political history, or to the development of the English literary imagination.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780802078797

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Dating of Beowulf
• Verlag: University Of Toronto Press Mai 1997
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0802078796
• ISBN-13: 9780802078797
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 248B x 172 H x 18 T Millimeter Breite: 248 mm, Höhe: 172 mm, Tiefe: 18 mm
• Gewicht: 449 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The late Colin Chase (1935-1984) was a member of the Department of English and of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.