A Beowulf handbook / edited by Robert E. Bjork and John D. Niles. [print]

Introduction : Beowolf, truth, and meaning John D. Niles Date, provenance, author, audiences Robert E. Bjork and Anita Obermeier Textual criticism R.D. Fulk Prosody Robert P. Stockwell and Donka Minkova Diction, variation, the formula Katherine O'Brien O'Keefe Rhetoric and style Ursula Schaefer Sources and analogues Theodore M. Anderson Structure and Unity Thomas A. Shippey Christian and Pagan elements Edward B. Irving Jr. Digressions and episodes Robert E. Bjork Myth and history John D. Niles Symbolism and allegory Alvin A. Lee Social Milieu John M. Hill The hero and the theme George Clark Beowulf and archaeology Catherine M. Hills Gener roles Alexandra Hennessey Olsen Beowulf and contemporary critical theory Seth Lerer Translations, versions, illustrations Marijane Osborn.

"The individual chapters by eighteen scholars offer both a rapid survey of scholarly trends in the study of Beowulf and a more sustained exploration of selected problems. Each chapter begins with a brief summary of its contents followed by an annotated chronology of the most important books and articles on the particular topic it treats. The core of each chapter constitutes a history of scholarly interest in the topic under consideration, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done." "All of the chapters have been written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience - from nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf to scholars at work on their own research."

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Robert E. Bjork is a professor of English at Arizona State University. He is the author of The Old English Verse Saints' Lives: A Study in Direct Discourse and the Iconography of Style. John D. Niles is a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition.