Anglo-Saxon poetry : essays in appreciation for John C. McGalliard /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Nicholson, Lewis E., Frese, Dolores Warwick, 1936-, McGalliard, John Calvin
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, [1975]
Subjects:	McGalliard, John Calvin. English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

Gerber, J. C. Foreword
Secular heroic poetry: Beowulf: Eliason, N. E. Healfdene's daughter. Gardner, J. Guilt and the world's complexity. Donahue, C. Potlach and charity. Burlin, R. B. Gnomic indirection in Beowulf. Nicholson, L. E. Hunlafing and the point of the sword
Religious heroic poetry: The lives of holy men and women: Calder, D. G. Guthlac A and Guthlac B. Hamilton, D. Andreas and Beowulf. Stevick, R. D. Arithmetical designs of the Old English Andreas Doubleday, J. The speech of Stephen and the tone of Elene. Raffel, B. Judith. Chamberlain, D. Judith
The lyric tradition: Secular and religious: Lee, A. A. Toward a critique of The dream of the rood. Woolf, R. The wanderer, The seafarer, and the genre of Planctus. Klein, W. F. Purpose and the "Poetics" of The wanderer and The seafarer. Renoir, A. A reading context for The wife's lament. Goldsmith, M. E. The enigma of The husband's message. Boren, J. L. The design of the Old English Deor
Biblical narrative: The Old Testament: Hill, T. D. The fall of angels and man in the Old English Genesis B. Trahern, J. B. More scriptural echoes in the Old English Exodus. (Cont'd)
(Cont'd) The runic tradition: Cynewulf's signed poems: Diamond, R. E. The diction of the Old English Christ. Frese, D. W. The art of Cynewulf's runic signatures
Wisdom literature: Maxim, riddle, and gnome: Greenfield, S. B. and Evert, R. Maxims II. Robinson, F. C. Artful ambiguities in the Old English "book-moth" riddle. Isaacs, N. D. Up a tree. Creed, R. P. Widsith's journey through Germanic tradition.