Reconstructing the Rhythm of Beowulf
Reconstructing the Rhythm of Beowulf

Author: Robert Payson Creed

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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Creed, known for his radio dramatizations of Beowulf, returned to the manuscript of the poem to revise the conventional modern construction of the lines, and thereby the rhythm and meaning. Realizing that the scribe recorded only written syllables, he recognized the metrical importance of the unwritten silences (or instrument strums). He also hypothesizes of alliterating words that encode cultural truths from centuries before and parallel modern theories of speech production and the brain. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Critical Companion to Beowulf
A Critical Companion to Beowulf

Author: Andy Orchard

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0859917665

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This is a complete guide to the text and context of the most famous Old English poem. In this book, the specific roles of selcted individual characters, both major and minor, are assessed.

The Metrical Organization of Beowulf
The Metrical Organization of Beowulf

Author: Seiichi Suzuki

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-07-11

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 3110810492

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Beowulf
Beowulf

Author: Chris McCully

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd

Published: 2018-09-27

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1784106232

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Any translation is a reading. Chris McCully reads Beowulf as an epic written in English using all the complex metrical conventions of its time, as well as distinctive epic tropes including sea-crossings, oracular pronouncements and encounters with the monstrous. This version renders the original in readable contemporary English but also keeps as close as it can to the older, alliterative metrical system, so that readers may experience something of the textures and formal properties of the original. An 'Afterword' explains the translator's formal choices and explores the nature of this epic, with its emphasis on tribe, location and mortality. 'McCully captures the special magic and power of the Beowulf poet's word-pile and life-thoughts.' (Martin Duffell, Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London)

The Metre of Beowulf
The Metre of Beowulf

Author: Michael Getty

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3110905418

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This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.

Beowulf
Beowulf

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1438114419

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Discusses the characters, plot and writing of the epic poem involving the legendary hero Beowulf and his battle with the creature Grendel.

A Beowulf Handbook
A Beowulf Handbook

Author: Robert E. Bjork

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780803212374

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The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience, A Beowulf Handbook will be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.