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The dating of Beowulf /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] :
Published in association with the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto by University of Toronto Press,
[1997]
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| Colección: | Toronto Old English series ;
6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Notas: | Originally published 1981. 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 228 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442657519 1442657510 |