| The Beowulf Reader: Basic Readings Revised Edition Contributor(s): Baker, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815336667 ISBN-13: 9780815336662 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: Gathering some of the most important studies from the past 25 years of "Beowulf" scholarship, "The Beowulf Reader" offers essential insights both to scholars in the field and to readers coming to this Old English literary masterpiece for the first time. The carefully selected essays in this volume represent the various approaches that have dominated recent Beowulf studies and illustrate the evolution of Old English literary criticism, from New Critical formalism to recent trends in critical theory and a resurgent historicism. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 829.3 |
| Series: Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.55" W x 8.48" (0.88 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
