Description
Book SynopsisTHE TOMB OF BEOWULF Fred C. Robinson is known throughout the world for some of the most original and stimulating work on Old English literature and language published in recent times. This book collects twenty three of his essays, including three substantial new articles on the literary interpretation of Beowulf, the background and value of Ezra Pound's translation of The Seafarer, and an account of the use of Old English in twentieth-century literary compositions.
The essays vary widely in terms of subject and approach. They include literary interpretation and criticism of the best-known Old English poems (The Battle of Maldon and Exodus for example), an account of the historical, religious, and cultural background to the writing of Beowulf, articles on women in Old English literature and on the significance of names and naming.
The book as a whole is informed by the author's preoccupation with meaning, context, and language,
Table of Contents
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
1. Literary Interpretation: Beowulf.
2. Literary Interpretation: Several Poems.
3. Textual Criticism.
4. Manuscript Contexts:.
5. Three Editions of the Old English Texts.
6. Women in Old English Literature.
7. Names in Old English Literature.
8. Linguistic Studies in Old English.
9. Old English in the Twentieth Century.
List of Essays and Notes by Fred C. Robinson not included in this volume.
List of Reviews by Fred C. Robinson.
Index.
