Finn and Hengest

Finn and Hengest
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780261103559
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Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Professor J.R.R.Tolkien is most widely known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he was also a distinguished scholar in the field of Mediaeval English language and literature. His most significant contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies is to be found in his lectures on Finn and Hengest (pronounced Hen-jist), two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. The story is told in two Old English poems, Beowulf and The Fights at Finnesburg, but told so obscurely and allusively that its interpretation had been a matter of controversy for over 100 years. Bringing his unique combination of philological erudition and poetic imagination to the task, however, Tolkien revealed a classic tragedy of divided loyalties, of vengeance, blood and death. Tolkien's original and persuasive solution of the many problems raised by the story ranged widely through the early history and legend of the Germanic peoples. The story has the added attraction that it describes the events immediately preceding the first Germanic invasion of Britain which was led by Hengest himself. This book will be of interest not only to students of Old English and all those interested in the history of northern Europe and Anglo-Saxon England, but also admirers of The Lord of the Rings who will be fascinated to see how Tolkien handled a story which he did not invent.

Beowulf

Beowulf
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Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0486111105
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Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.

Beowulf and the Illusion of History

Beowulf and the Illusion of History
Author: John F. Vickrey
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0980149665
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Most Beowulf scholars have held either that the poems' minor episodes are more or less based on incidents in Scandinavian history or at least that they entail nothing of the fabulous or monstrous. Beowulf and the Illusion of History contends that, like the poem's Grendelkin episodes, certain minor episodes involve monsters and contain motifs of the "Bear's Son" folktale. In the Finn Episode the monsters are to be taken as physically present in the story as we have it, while in the mention of the hero's fight with Daeghrefn and perhaps in the accounts of the fight with Ongenbeow, the principal foes, though originally monsters, appear now more like ordinary humans. The inference permits the elucidation of passages hitherto obscure and indicates that the capability of the Beowulf poet as a "maker" is greater than has been thought. John F. Vickrey, is Professor of English, Emeritus, at Lehigh University.

Beowulf; an Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

Beowulf; an Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn
Author: Raymond Wilson Chambers
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230284071
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... for v, and have abandoned spellings like theutones, thezauro, orrifico, charitas, phas (for/iw), atlethas, choercuit, iocundum, charum, falicissima, nangue, heereditarii. exoluere. The actual reading of the 1514 text is abandoned by substituting: p. 130,1. 3 ingenitiforingenilis(1514); p. 132,1. 22, iacientistoriacentis; p. 134,1. 2, divtimf for diutiuee; p. 136, 1. ll.fudit for fugit; p. 136, 1. 20, ut for out; p. 137, 1. 8, ammirationi for ammirationis; p. 137,1. 16, offert for affert; p. 137,1. 17, Roluoni for Rouolni; p. 137, 1. 27, tninwterio for ministrot; p. 137, 1. 33 dmturnus for diuturnius; p.206,1.22, diutinamtordiutina; p. 207, l. 3, ei toreique; p. 207,1. 5, destituat for dsficiat; p. 209,1. 2, latere for latera; p. 209,1. 5, conscisci torcondssi; p. 209, 1. 14, defoderat for defodera. Little LangfeSgatal Chronicle Halfdan (Hroar Helgi Ro Haldan (Helgi Sweyn (Frothi (Haldanus Helghi Names as given Saxo in Beowulf Gram Hadingus Frotho I?=Beowulf I iHaldanus IHealfdene Roe I Scato (Roe IIHrothgar (HelgoHalga RoIfKraki KolfKrake Rolf Kraki Roluo Krage Hrothulf Hiarwarth Hiarthuarus Heoroweard Hraerekr Rokil Rrfricus Hrethric N. The Life Of Offa I, With Extracts From The Life Of Offa II. Edited From Two Mss In The Cottonian Collection The text is given from MS Cotton Nero D. I (quoted in the footnotes as A), collated with MS Claudius E. IV (quoted as B). Minor variations of B are not usually noted. The two Mss agree closely. The Nero Ms is the more elaborate of the two, and is adorned with very fine drawings. Claudius, however, offers occasionally a better text; it has been read by a corrector whose alterations--contrary to what is so often the case in mediaeval MSS--seem to be authoritative. The Lives of the Off

A Beowulf Handbook

A Beowulf Handbook
Author: Robert E. Bjork
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780803261501
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The most revered work composed in Old English,Beowulfis one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience,A Beowulf Handbookwill be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.

Dating Beowulf

Dating Beowulf
Author: Daniel C. Remein
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2019-12-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1526136449
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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Featuring essays from some of the most prominent voices in early medieval studies, Dating Beowulf playfully redeploys the word ‘dating’, which usually heralds some of the most divisive critical impasses in the field, to provocatively phrase a set of new relationships with an Old English poem. The volume argues for the relevance of the early Middle Ages to affect studies and vice-versa, offering a riposte to antifeminist discourse and opening avenues for future work by specialists in the history of emotions, literary theorists, students of Old English literature and medieval scholars alike. To this end, the essays embody a range of critical approaches from queer theory to animal studies and ecocriticism to actor-network theory.