Beowulf : the critical heritage /
Tom Shippey provides the reader with a contextual introduction to Beowulf and a guide to the 18th and 19th century scholarship that generated the Beowulf commentaries. He provides a powerful tool for studying this major text of the 'Northern Renaissance'.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998
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| Series: | Critical heritage series.
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| Online Access: | Kostenfrei Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | Tom Shippey provides the reader with a contextual introduction to Beowulf and a guide to the 18th and 19th century scholarship that generated the Beowulf commentaries. He provides a powerful tool for studying this major text of the 'Northern Renaissance'. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 594 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 550-569) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415029708 9780415029704 9780203979457 0203979451 |