Author:
George, Jodi-Anne.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 190 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Introduction: Hwaet! -- 'Rude beginning': 1705-1899 -- 'Conflicting Babel': 1900-1931 -- The monsters meet the critics: the 1930s and 1940s -- The debates continue: the 1950s and 1960s -- Stock-taking: the 1970s -- Critics on the crest of a wave: the 1980s -- An embarrassment of critical riches: the 1990s to the present -- Beowulf in popular culture.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"This Guide provides an essential overview of the large body of Beowulf criticism. Like other books in the series, this Guide takes a chronological approach, moving from the discussions of Beowulf by 18th century Antiquarians to Heaney's recent translation. The author charts the changes in the theoretical approaches applied to the poem, and chapters are fully cross-referenced to signal where thematic approaches to the poem overlap. The Guide also includes a chapter discussing Tolkien's 1936 lecture on Beowulf"--Provided by publisher.
