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17%OFFR. D. Fulk - The <i>Beowulf</i> Manuscript: Complete Texts and <i>The Fight at Finnsburg</i> - 9780674052956 - V9780674052956
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The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg

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Description for The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg Hardback. "Beowulf" is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. This title provides readers as well as established scholars with fresh insights into "Beowulf", and the four other texts. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
Beowulf is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. But this volume offers something unique. For the first time in the history of Beowulf scholarship, the poem appears alongside the other four texts from its sole surviving manuscript: the prose Passion of Saint Christopher, The Wonders of the East, The Letter of Alexander the Great to Aristotle, and (following Beowulf) the poem Judith. First-time readers as well as established ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Weight
521 g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674052956
SKU
V9780674052956
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About R. D. Fulk
R. D. Fulk is Chancellor's Professor of English at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Reviews for The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg
Understandably, interest in the manuscript has centered on Beowulf, and it is still called the Beowulf manuscript here, though
unprecedentedly
this new book contains both text and translations of all the Nowell manuscript's items: the three prose works that precede Beowulf
The Passion of St. Christopher, The Wonders of the East, and The Letters of Alexander the Great to Aristotle
as well as Judith. ... Read more

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