Beowulf and Epic Tradition / William Witherle Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, William Witherle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beowulf.

Epic poetry--History and criticism.

Local Subjects:

Beowulf.

Epic poetry--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

2nd printing 1930. Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

I I . PEOPLES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

I I I . THE TRAGEDIES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES

I V . THE TALE OF FINNSBURG

V . SCYLD AND BRECA

VI. GRENDEL AND HIS DAM

VII. THE DRAGON

VIII. DEVELOPMENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE EPIC

BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES

APPENDICES

A. ANALYSIS OF THE EPIC339

B. GENEALOGICAL TABLES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-49290-0

OCLC:

979777932