Description
| Product ID: | 9780815336662 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Title: | The Beowulf Reader |
| Subtitle: | Basic Readings |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Baker |
| Page Count: | 326 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, European history, History, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, England, Anglo-Saxon |
| Description: | This book gathers some of the most important studies from the past twenty-five years of scholarship on the greatest Old English literary work. Gathering some of the most important studies from the past 25 years of Beowulf scholarship, The Beowulf Reader offers essential insights both to scholars in the field and to readers coming to this Old English literary masterpiece for the first time. The carefully selected essays in this volume represent the various approaches that have dominated recent Beowulf studies and illustrate the evolution of Old English literary criticism, from New Critical formalism to recent trends in critical theory and a resurgent historicism. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-04-27 |
