Beowulf
By: Jodi-Anne George.
Series: Readers' guides to essential criticism
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781403991287; 9781403991294
Subjects: Beowulf; Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism
Description: "This Guide provides an essential overview of the large body of Beowulf criticism. Like other books in the series, this Guide takes a chronological approach, moving from the discussions of Beowulf by 18th century Antiquarians to Heaney's recent translation. The author charts the changes in the theoretical approaches applied to the poem, and chapters are fully cross-referenced to signal where thematic approaches to the poem overlap. The Guide also includes a chapter discussing Tolkein's 1936 lecture on Beowulf"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements * Introduction * Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Criticism * 1900-1929 * The 1930s and 1940s * The 1950s and 1960s * The 1970s * The 1980s * The 1990s-present * Notes * Select Bibliography * Index.