Rereading "Beowulf" (The Middle Ages Series)

By Edward Burroughs Irving, Edward B. Irving Jr., Edward Burroughs Irving

Book Overview

In this work Edward Irving accepts Beowulf as a most distinguished descendant of a long and skillful oral tradition. Only by understanding how rich and powerful meaning can be conveyed in an oral-derived style, he asserts, can one truly understand this poem.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812214285
• ISBN13: 9780812214284
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"