The Mode and Meaning of 'Beowulf'

by Margaret E. Goldsmith

In this important contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies Dr Goldsmith presents a fully elaborated and documented interpretation of Beowulf based on the original theories which she has put forward in recent years and which have aroused considerable interest and controversy in scholarly circles. Her view of the poem as the product of a marriage of cultural traditions, a historical epic with allegorical significance, is developed in the context of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472508726
• ISBN13: 9781472508720
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"