description: In this work Edward Irving accepts Beowulf as a most distinguished descendant of a long and skillful oral tradition. Only by understanding how rich and powerful meaning can be conveyed in an oral-derived style, he asserts, can one truly understand this poem.
language: English
title: Rereading "Beowulf"
titlecomplete: Rereading "Beowulf" (The Middle Ages Series)
ratings_count: 6
publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press