Download or read book Finn and Hengest written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Beowulf written by Charles Leslie Wrenn and published by University of Exeter Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Indeterminacy of Beowulf written by Johann Köberl and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustrated that after 200 years, scholars still disagreed over several crucial aspects of the Anglo-Saxon poem, Koberl undertook his own translation into plain English. It was then that he understood the full scale of ambiguity that riddles the text, and the impossibility of translating without interpreting. Many of the ambiguities he discusses have been examined by others, but he puts them into the context of the overall ambivalence of the poem as a whole. Quotations are in both the original and modern English. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Beowulf with the Finnsburg fragment written by Beowulf and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment written by John Richard Clark Hall and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beowulf and Christianity written by Mary A. Parker and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1987 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the reasons for Christian stories and ideas in Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic poem that also describes pagan religious and burial practices. By examining historical, archaeological, and linguistic sources, Mary Parker evaluates the possibilities for Christian understanding on the part of the audience and Christian teaching on the part of the poet. These inquiries lead to an informed review of the critical literature on the Christianity in Beowulf. Finally the author looks at individual speakers in the poem and words they use that reveal Christian meaning. This multi-disciplinary summary and review concludes that the Christianity in Beowulf is a reflection of the society that produced it, a heroic society in transition toward the new Christian value system.
Download or read book Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beowulf and the Critics written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.
Download or read book Beowulf written by Seamus Heaney and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.
Download or read book Amsterdamer Beitr ge Zur lteren Germanistik written by Rolf Hendrik Bremmer and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 1998 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tolkien Fan s Medieval Reader written by Turgon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thrilling volume features modern language versions of the centuries-old classics that directly inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's epics.
Download or read book Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment written by Beowulf and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Beowulf Handbook written by Robert E. Bjork and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is 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 Handbook will 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.
Download or read book Beowulf an Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn written by Raymond Wilson Chambers and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
