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050	0	4	_aPR1585.O64.A275
050	0	4	_aPR1585
100	1		_aOrchard, Andy, _e1
245	1	0	_aA critical companion to Beowulf / _cAndy Orchard _hPR
260			_aCambridge, England : _bD.S. Brewer, _c(c)2007.
300			_axix, 396 pages : _billustrations, maps; _c23cm
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337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliography (pages 327-370) and indexes (pages 371-396).
505	0	0	_tForeword: looking back -- _tManuscript and text -- _tStyle and structure -- _tMyth and legend -- _tReligion and learning -- _tHeroes and villains -- _tWords and deeds -- _tBeowulf: beyond criticism? -- _tAfterword looking forward.
520	0		_aBeowulf is the best known and most closely studied literary work surviving from Anglo-Saxon England, and the modern reader is faced with a bewildering number and variety of interpretations about such basic matters as the date, provenance, and significance of the poem. A Critical Companion to Beowulf addresses these and other issues, reviewing and synthesising previous scholarship, as well as offering fresh perspectives. After an initial introduction to the poem, attention is focused on such matters as the manuscript context and approaches to dating the poem; the particular style, diction, and structure of this most idiosyncratic of Old English texts; the background to the poem (considered not simply with respect to historical and legendary material, but also in the context of myth and fable); the specific roles of selected individual characters, both major and minor; and the original intended audience and perceived purpose of the poem. A final chapter describes the range of critical approaches which have been applied to the poem in the past, and points towards directions for future study. ANDY OregonCHARD is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford. _c~ AMAZON: _uhttps://www.amazon.com/Critical-Companion-Beowulf-Andy-Orchard/dp/1843840294/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9781843840299&qid=1573862127&s=books&sr=1-1
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530			_aCIU has obtained rights for you to copy and share this title in electronic or print format with students, faculty and staff.
650		0	_aMedieval Literacy Criticism. _xAncient & Classical Literature.
653			_aMedieval Literature.
655		1	_aLiterature.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell