Reconstructing the Rhythm of Beowulf

Reconstructing the Rhythm of Beowulf

Author: Robert Payson Creed

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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


Beowulf

Beowulf

Author:

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 0486111105

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Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.