Beowulf and the CriticsThe most important essay in the history of Beowulf scholarship, J.R.R. Tolkien's "Beowulf: the monsters and the critics" has been much studied and discussed. But scholars of both Beowulf and Tolkien have to this point been unaware that Tolkien's essay was a redaction of a much longer and more substantial work, Beowulf and the critics, which Tolkien wrote in the 1930s and probably delivered as a series of Oxford lectures. This critical edition of Beowulf and the critics presents both unpublished versions of Tolkien's lecture, each substantially different from the other and from the final, published essay. The edition included a description of the manuscript, complete textual and explanatory notes, and a detailed critical introduction that explains the place of Tolkien's Anglo-Saxon scholarship both in the history of Beowulf scholarship and in literary history. |
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... Cynewulf or the author of St. Guthlac Cynewulf , who is generally thought to have lived in the early part of the ninth century ( although there is now significant dispute about this 206 EXPLANATORY NOTES [ PAGES 58-59 ]
... Cynewulf or the author of St. Guthlac Cynewulf , who is generally thought to have lived in the early part of the ninth century ( although there is now significant dispute about this 206 EXPLANATORY NOTES [ PAGES 58-59 ]
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... Cynewulf based upon supposed similarities in style , but scholars are now certain only that he composed Christ II and Juliana in the Exeter Book and Elene and the Fates of the Apostles in the Vercelli Book . See Cynewulf : Basic ...
... Cynewulf based upon supposed similarities in style , but scholars are now certain only that he composed Christ II and Juliana in the Exeter Book and Elene and the Fates of the Apostles in the Vercelli Book . See Cynewulf : Basic ...
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... Cynewulf's Juli- ana from the thirteenth century homily Juliene of MS . Bodley 34 ( which is probably lineally connected with Cynewulf ) . The devils that tempt and phy- sically torment St. Guthlac cannot be distinguished save perhaps ...
... Cynewulf's Juli- ana from the thirteenth century homily Juliene of MS . Bodley 34 ( which is probably lineally connected with Cynewulf ) . The devils that tempt and phy- sically torment St. Guthlac cannot be distinguished save perhaps ...
Contents
Seeds Soil and Northern | 1 |
Beowulf The Critics A | 31 |
Beowulf The Critics B | 79 |
Copyright | |
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Ælfric allegory allusions ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon battle Beowulf Cain century Chambers Christian Christopher Tolkien criticism Danes dark death deeds dragon Earle edition England English Literature epic fate Fight at Finnsburg Folio folk-tale Footnote Text Frisian Geats Germanic Godes gods gold Grendel Guthlac heathen hell Heorot hero Heroic Age historical document Hroðgar Hrothgar Hygelac Icelandic Ingeld inserted J. R. R. Tolkien Jusserand King Klaeber language later Latin leaf left margin extends legend literary London Lord main text manuscript medieval metod monsters mythology Northern Old English Old Norse original Oxford pagan passage Paulinus Paulinus of Nola pencil line poet poetic poetry praise quotation reference Saga Saxon says sceal scholars Scyldings Shippey square bracket story tale Teutonic theme things Thorkelin top margin tradition trans translation University Press verse verso Virgil Völuspá W. P. Ker Widsith words written wyrd þæt