The Beowulf Reader
The Beowulf Reader
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This book gathers some of the most important studies from the past twenty-five years of scholarship on the greatest Old English literary work.
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The Beowulf Reader by Peter Baker
Gathering some of the most important studies from the past 25 years of Beowulf scholarship, The Beowulf Reader offers essential insights both to scholars in the field and to readers coming to this Old English literary masterpiece for the first time. The carefully selected essays in this volume represent the various approaches that have dominated recent Beowulf studies and illustrate the evolution of Old English literary criticism, from New Critical formalism to recent trends in critical theory and a resurgent historicism.Peter Baker is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the award-winning Deconstruction and theEthical Turn (1995).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780815336662 |
| ISBN 10 | 0815336667 |
| Title | The Beowulf Reader |
| Author | Peter Baker |
| Series | Basic Readings In Anglo-Saxon England |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Year published | 2000-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 326 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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