Rereading Beowulf

202 Pages·1992·8.823 MB·English

by  Edward Burroughs Irving

R E R E A D I N G B E O W U L F
University of Pennsylvania Press
Middle A ges Series
Edited by Edward Peters
Henry Charles Lea Professor
of Medieval History
University of Pennsylvania
A listing of the available books in this series
appears at the back of this volume
R E R E A D I N G
B E O W U L F
E D WA R D B. I RVI NG, JR.
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
Copyright © 1989 by the University of Pennsylvania Press
All rights reserved
First paperback printing 1992
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Irving, Edward Burroughs, 1923-
Rereading Beowulf.
(Middle Ages series)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Beowulf. I. Title. II. Series.
PR1585.173 1989 829^.3 88-33828
ISBN 0-8122-8155-1 (cloth)
ISBN 0-8122-1428-5 (pbk.)
FORJUDY
Haefde 3a gefohten foremaerne blaed
Iudith aet gu3e.

C O N T E N T S
Preface / ix
One: The Approach to Heorot / 1
Notes / 30
Two: Characters and Kings / 36
Notes / 76
Three: Style and Story: Narrative Modes / 80
Notes / 130
Four: The Hall as Image and Character / 133
Notes / 166
Bibliography / 169
Index / 177