| Beowulf 2009 Edition Contributor(s): George, Jodi-Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403991286 ISBN-13: 9781403991287 Publisher: Red Globe Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: 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," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 829.3 |
| LCCN: 2009047536 |
| Series: Readers Guides to Essential Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This essential overview of the large body of Beowulf criticism takes a chronological approach, moving from eighteenth-century reactions to twenty-first-century responses. Jodi-Anne George charts the changes in critical trends and also discusses popular culture's continuing fascination with the Old English poem. |