Beowulf : A Prose Translation - 2nd edition
Beowulf : A Prose Translation - 2nd edition
ISBN13: 9780393974065
ISBN10: 0393974065
by Nicholas Ed. Howe and E. Talbot Translator Donaldson
Cover type: PaperbackEdition: 2ND 02
Copyright: 2002
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2002
International: No
ISBN13: 9780393974065
ISBN10: 0393974065
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Summary
The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. Talbot Donaldson's presentation of the major features of Old English poetry, new material on Beowulf's tribes and genealogies, three maps, and a facsimile illustration of the manuscript.
"Criticism" collects seven new and wide-ranging interpretations of Beowulf by Fred C. Robinson, Roberta Frank, John D. Niles, Michael Lapidge, Joyce Hill, Helen Bennett, and Nicholas Howe.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Translation - E. Talbot Donaldson
Abbreviations
The Text of Beowulf
Backgrounds and Context
The Beowulf Manuscript
Tribes and Genealogies
MAP: The Geography of Beowulf
Robert C. Hughes - The Origins of Old English to 800 AD
MAP: The Continental Homelands of the Germanic Invaders
MAP: The English Kingdoms at the Beginning of the Seventh
Century AD
E. Talbot Donaldson - [Old English Prosody and Cædmon's Hymn]
Criticism
Fred C. Robinson - Appositive Style and the Theme of Beowulf
Roberta Frank - The Beowulf Poet's Sense of History
John D. Niles - Reconceiving Beowulf: Poetry as Social Praxis
Michael Lapidge - Beowulf and the Psychology of Terror
Joyce Hill - "æt Wæs Geomuru Ides!" A Female Sterotype
Examined
Helen Bennett - The Female Mourner at Beowulf's Funeral: Filling in the Blanks/ Hearing the Spaces
Nicholas Howe - The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf
Glossary of Proper Names
Selected Bibliography
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The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. Talbot Donaldson's presentation of the major features of Old English poetry, new material on Beowulf's tribes and genealogies, three maps, and a facsimile illustration of the manuscript.
"Criticism" collects seven new and wide-ranging interpretations of Beowulf by Fred C. Robinson, Roberta Frank, John D. Niles, Michael Lapidge, Joyce Hill, Helen Bennett, and Nicholas Howe.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included.
Preface
The Translation - E. Talbot Donaldson
Abbreviations
The Text of Beowulf
Backgrounds and Context
The Beowulf Manuscript
Tribes and Genealogies
MAP: The Geography of Beowulf
Robert C. Hughes - The Origins of Old English to 800 AD
MAP: The Continental Homelands of the Germanic Invaders
MAP: The English Kingdoms at the Beginning of the Seventh
Century AD
E. Talbot Donaldson - [Old English Prosody and Cædmon's Hymn]
Criticism
Fred C. Robinson - Appositive Style and the Theme of Beowulf
Roberta Frank - The Beowulf Poet's Sense of History
John D. Niles - Reconceiving Beowulf: Poetry as Social Praxis
Michael Lapidge - Beowulf and the Psychology of Terror
Joyce Hill - "æt Wæs Geomuru Ides!" A Female Sterotype
Examined
Helen Bennett - The Female Mourner at Beowulf's Funeral: Filling in the Blanks/ Hearing the Spaces
Nicholas Howe - The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf
Glossary of Proper Names
Selected Bibliography
Published: 2002
International: No
Summary
The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. Talbot Donaldson's presentation of the major features of Old English poetry, new material on Beowulf's tribes and genealogies, three maps, and a facsimile illustration of the manuscript.
"Criticism" collects seven new and wide-ranging interpretations of Beowulf by Fred C. Robinson, Roberta Frank, John D. Niles, Michael Lapidge, Joyce Hill, Helen Bennett, and Nicholas Howe.
A Glossary of Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography are included.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
The Translation - E. Talbot Donaldson
Abbreviations
The Text of Beowulf
Backgrounds and Context
The Beowulf Manuscript
Tribes and Genealogies
MAP: The Geography of Beowulf
Robert C. Hughes - The Origins of Old English to 800 AD
MAP: The Continental Homelands of the Germanic Invaders
MAP: The English Kingdoms at the Beginning of the Seventh
Century AD
E. Talbot Donaldson - [Old English Prosody and Cædmon's Hymn]
Criticism
Fred C. Robinson - Appositive Style and the Theme of Beowulf
Roberta Frank - The Beowulf Poet's Sense of History
John D. Niles - Reconceiving Beowulf: Poetry as Social Praxis
Michael Lapidge - Beowulf and the Psychology of Terror
Joyce Hill - "æt Wæs Geomuru Ides!" A Female Sterotype
Examined
Helen Bennett - The Female Mourner at Beowulf's Funeral: Filling in the Blanks/ Hearing the Spaces
Nicholas Howe - The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf
Glossary of Proper Names
Selected Bibliography
