The Dating of Beowulf

Published by University of Toronto Press 1997

The Dating of Beowulf

Edited by: Colin Chase

In the series Toronto Old English Studies

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442657519

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About this book

The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large ramifications. This collection of essays by leading scholars has become a standard reference for scholarship in the area.

Author / Editor information

Chase Colin :

The late Colin Chase (1935-1984) was a member of the Department of English and of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

Medieval and Renaissance Studies:

'A challenge to so many long accepted scholarly constructs that Beowulf studies will never be the same again.'

The Year's Work in English Studies:

'The book as a whole sacrifices a few sacred cows, and it forces its readers to think again.'

Theodore M. Andersson:

'It is rare to have so much information on a crucial issue in medieval literature concentrated in one place, and there is no doubt that these proceedings will become a standard reference work for several decades.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Editor’s preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	viii
The Dating of Beowulf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Opinions on the Date of Beowulf, 1815–1980 Colin Chase Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
The Eleventh-Century Origin of Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript Kevin S. Kiernan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The Nowell Codex and the Poem of Beowulf Leonard E. Boyle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
A Reconsideration of the Language of Beowulf Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Gregory Waite, Sharon Butler and Antonette Di Paolo Healey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Metrical Style as Evidence for the Date of Beowulf Thomas Cable Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Hetware and Hugas: Datable Anachronisms in Beowulf Walter Goffart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Beowulf, the Danish Invasions, and Royal Genealogy Alexander Callander Murray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
The Audience of Beowulf and the Vikings R.I. Page Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf Roberta Frank Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Variation in Beowulf and the Poetic Edda: A Chronological Experiment R.W. McTurk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Saints’ Lives, Royal Lives, and the Date of Beowulf Colin Chase Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Style as the Criterion for Dating the Composition of Beowulf Peter Clemoes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
On the Date of Composition of Beowulf John C. Pope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
The Date of Beowulf: Some Doubts and No Conclusions E.G. Stanley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Afterword: The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf Nicholas Howe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 230

eBook

Published: December 15, 1997
ISBN: 9781442657519