Beowulf
An Edition
1. Edition September 1998
332 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-17226-0
John Wiley & Sons
This magnificent new edition, which includes relevant shorter texts and key illustrations, is designed specifically to help those who, while already enjoying some acquaintance with Old English, come to Beowulf for the first time.
Foreword.
Acknowledgements.
List of Figures/Illustrations.
Map: The Geography of Beowulf.
Part I: Introduction:.
1. Manuscript.
2. Date, Place, and Circumstances, of Composition.
3. Language.
4. Structure.
5. Tone, Style, and Metre.
6. Subject Matter.
7. Two Views of Beowulf.
Part II: Text and Notes:.
Part III: How We Arrived At Our Text:.
8. Problems in Editing the Text.
9. Punctuation.
Part IV: The Background:.
10. Genealogical Tables.
11. The Geatish-Swedish Wars.
12. Archaeology and Beowulf.
13. Some Related Poems In Old English:.
14. Widsith.
15. Deor.
16. Waldere.
17. The Battle Of Finnesburh.
18. Maxims I.
19. Documents Bearing on Beowulf:.
20. Genealogies.
21. Cain And Abel.
22. The Flood.
23. Letter Of Alcuin To A Mercian Bishop, 797.
24. Hygelac.
25. The Flight Behind The Waterfall.
26. The Dragon Fight.
Bibliography.
Short Titles.
Suggestions For Further Reading.
Glossary.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
Notes on the Glossary.
Glossary of Beowulf.
Proper Names.
Acknowledgements.
List of Figures/Illustrations.
Map: The Geography of Beowulf.
Part I: Introduction:.
1. Manuscript.
2. Date, Place, and Circumstances, of Composition.
3. Language.
4. Structure.
5. Tone, Style, and Metre.
6. Subject Matter.
7. Two Views of Beowulf.
Part II: Text and Notes:.
Part III: How We Arrived At Our Text:.
8. Problems in Editing the Text.
9. Punctuation.
Part IV: The Background:.
10. Genealogical Tables.
11. The Geatish-Swedish Wars.
12. Archaeology and Beowulf.
13. Some Related Poems In Old English:.
14. Widsith.
15. Deor.
16. Waldere.
17. The Battle Of Finnesburh.
18. Maxims I.
19. Documents Bearing on Beowulf:.
20. Genealogies.
21. Cain And Abel.
22. The Flood.
23. Letter Of Alcuin To A Mercian Bishop, 797.
24. Hygelac.
25. The Flight Behind The Waterfall.
26. The Dragon Fight.
Bibliography.
Short Titles.
Suggestions For Further Reading.
Glossary.
Abbreviations and Symbols.
Notes on the Glossary.
Glossary of Beowulf.
Proper Names.
"Mitchell and Robinson's Beowulf: An Edition has all of the
features one hopes to find in a classroom edition: glossary, notes,
copious but clear explanatory material. But it is more than an
edition. It is a distillation of decades of affectionate attention
to the poem by two of the top scholars in the field. From the
smallest of details like punctuation to the broadest
interpretations, Mitchell and Robinson display an abiding respect
and admiration for the magnificent artistry of Beowulf."
Daniel Donoghue, Harvard University
"This is an admirable introduction to the poem." Forum for
Modern Language Studies
"[...] we should rejoice in what Mitchell and Robinson have
provided: a new student's edition of a masterpiece of Old English
poetry that has made Beowulf much more accessible to a whole
new generation of students." Journal of English and Germanic
Philology
features one hopes to find in a classroom edition: glossary, notes,
copious but clear explanatory material. But it is more than an
edition. It is a distillation of decades of affectionate attention
to the poem by two of the top scholars in the field. From the
smallest of details like punctuation to the broadest
interpretations, Mitchell and Robinson display an abiding respect
and admiration for the magnificent artistry of Beowulf."
Daniel Donoghue, Harvard University
"This is an admirable introduction to the poem." Forum for
Modern Language Studies
"[...] we should rejoice in what Mitchell and Robinson have
provided: a new student's edition of a masterpiece of Old English
poetry that has made Beowulf much more accessible to a whole
new generation of students." Journal of English and Germanic
Philology
Bruce Mitchell is Fellow Emeritus at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. His many publications include An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England (Blackwell, 1994).
Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Emeritus Professor of English at Yale University. His books include The Tomb of Beowulf, and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwell, 1993).
The sixth edition of Mitchell and Robinson's A Guide to Old English was published by Blackwell in 2001.
Fred C. Robinson is Douglas Tracy Smith Emeritus Professor of English at Yale University. His books include The Tomb of Beowulf, and Other Essays on Old English (Blackwell, 1993).
The sixth edition of Mitchell and Robinson's A Guide to Old English was published by Blackwell in 2001.
