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9780321107206

Beowulf, A Longman Cultural Edition

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    9780321107206

  • ISBN10:

    0321107209

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-01-07
  • Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

From Longman's new Cultural Editions Series,Beowulf , edited by Sarah Anderson and translated by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy, includes the complete work and contextual materials on the early medieval age. This edition ofBeowulf contains the translation of the work by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy, with additional commentary and notes by editor Sarah Anderson, that explain unfamiliar terms, cultural references, and literary allusions; also included are maps of Anglo-Saxon England and Denmark, a glossary of proper names, and genealogies--all designed to assist readers in understanding this fascinating work. Readers interested inBeowulf

Author Biography

Sarah M. Anderson received her Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from Cornell University.  Before coming to Princeton, Anderson was a research fellow at The Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen, where she studied and edited Old Icelandic sagas; she also worked on the Dictionary of Old Norse Prose.  At Princeton, she is a member of both the Department of English and the Council of the Humanities. She specializes in early medieval language and literature, particularly in Old English, Old Norse and Old Icelandic, with strong secondary interests in textual criticism, Middle English literature and Arthuriana. As a fellow at Cornell’s Society for the Humanities, Anderson investigated early printed editions of the sagas from Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark, placing these editions in the context of contention for national identity. In addition to articles and reviews, her publications include Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology (Routledge, 2002) and the Introduction, notes, glossary, and contextual material to Beowulf: A Longman’s Cultural Edition (Pearson, 2004). In the English department, Anderson teaches courses on Old English, Middle English romance, Arthurian literature, Old Icelandic sagas, comparative studies of early heroic literature, and fantasy; and in the Council of the Humanities, she has taught “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.”  She is now developing courses on medieval concepts of monster, medieval travel narratives and sacred space, and medieval European representations of Arthur.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
About Longman Cultural Editions
About This Edition
Translators' Introduction
A Summary of Beowulf
Glossary of Proper Names
Table of Dates
Genealogies
Beowulfp. 1
Contextsp. 89
The Kin of Cain and The Race of Giantsp. 91
from Germaniap. 93
from On the Origin and Deeds and of the Gothsp. 96
from The History of the Franksp. 98
From Liber monstrorump. 98
from An Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoplep. 100
from "What has Ingeld to do with Christ?"p. 105
from History of the Britonsp. 107
from Life of Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxonsp. 108
from Chroniclep. 114
from About the Deeds of the English Kingsp. 115
from I brief History of the Kings of Denmarkp. 116
from The Deeds of the Danesp. 118
Reading Beowulfp. 125
The Manuscript Contextp. 126
Comparative Translations of the First Twenty-Five Lines of Beowulfp. 128
from The History of the Manners, Landed Property, Government, Luurs, Poetry, Literature, Religion, and Language of the Anglo-Saxonsp. 130
from A Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Poem of Beowulf with a Copious Preface and Philological Notesp. 131
from The Tale of Beowulfp. 132
from The Oldest English Epic: Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrandp. 133
from Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment: A Translation into Modern English Prose by John R. Clark Hallp. 134
from Beowulf in Modern English: A Translation in Blank Versep. 134
from Beowulf: A Verse Translation into Modern Englishp. 135
from A Readable Beowulf: The Old English Epic Newly Translatedp. 136
from Beowulf: An Imitative Translationp. 137
Old English Elegiac Poetryp. 138
The Wandererp. 138
The Seafarerp. 142
Deonp. 145
The Ruinp. 146
Old English Heroic Poetryp. 148
The Battle of Finnsburgp. 148
Walderep. 150
The Battle of Brunanburhp. 152
Old English Wisdom Poetryp. 157
Vaingloryp. 157
Widsithp. 159
From the Fortunes of Menp. 163
From Maxims Ip. 166
From Maxims IIp. 169
Riddles from the Exeter Bookp. 170
Old English Religious Poetryp. 174
From Exodusp. 174
From Judithp. 178
From Christ IIIp. 180
From Andreasp. 181
Old English Historical Prosep. 183
From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, entries for the years 793, 827, 855, 865, 878, 901, 946, and 993p. 183
Old English Legal Prosep. 188
From the Laws of Alfredp. 188
The Treaty between Alfred and Guthrump. 189
The Preface to the Laws of Cnutp. 190
From the Laws of Cnutp. 191
Old English Religious Prosep. 192
From Blickling Homily XVIp. 192
from On False Godsp. 193
From Sermon of the "Wolf" to the Englishp. 194
Old Norse Poetryp. 197
From the Elder Edda: Sayings of the High Our and the Lay of Thrymp. 197
Old Norse Prosep. 200
From Grettir's Sagap. 200
From Snorri Sturluson's Saga of the Yuglingsp. 207
From the Saga of King Hrolf Krakip. 219
From the Saga of Gold-Thorirp. 223
From the Icelandic Folktalep. 226
Further Readingp. 229
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