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Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for
understanding Old English texts. Robert D. Fulk is arguably the
greatest Old English philologist to emerge during the twentieth
century; his corpus of scholarship has fundamentally shaped
contemporary understanding of many aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary
historyand English historical linguistics. This volume, in his
honour, brings together essays which engage with his work and
advance his research interests. Scholarship on historical metrics
and the dating, editing, and interpretation of Old English poetry
thus forms the core of this book; other topics addressed include
syntax, phonology, etymology, lexicology, and paleography. An
introductory overview of Professor Fulk's achievements puts these
studies in context, alongside essays which assess his contributions
to metrical theory and his profound impact on the study of Beowulf.
By consolidating and augmenting Fulk's research, this collection
takes readers to the cutting edgeof Old English philology. LEONARD
NEIDORF is Professor of English at Nanjing University; RAFAEL J.
PASCUAL is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University;
TOM SHIPPEY is Professor Emeritus at St Louis University.
Contributors: Thomas Cable, Christopher M. Cain, George Clark,
Dennis Cronan, Daniel Donoghue, Aaron Ecay, Mark Griffith, Megan E.
Hartman, Stefan Jurasinski, Anatoly Liberman, Donka Minkova, Haruko
Momma, Rory Naismith, Leonard Neidorf, Andy Orchard, Rafael J.
Pascual, Susan Pintzuk, Geoffrey Russom, Tom Shippey, Jun Terasawa,
Charles D. Wright.
Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance
for Anglo-Saxon culture in general. This book will be a milestone,
and deserves to be widely read. The early Beowulf that
overwhelmingly emerges here asks hard questions, and the same
strictly defined measures of metre, spelling, onomastics,
semantics, genealogy, and historicity all cry out to be tested
further and applied more broadly to the whole corpus of Old English
verse. Andy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of
Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford. The datingof Beowulf has been a
central question in Anglo-Saxon studies for the past two centuries,
since it affects not only the interpretation of Beowulf, but also
the trajectory of early English literary history. By exploring
evidence for the poem's date of composition, these essays
contribute to a wide range of pertinent fields, including
historical linguistics, Old English metrics, onomastics, and
textual criticism. Many aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary culture are
likewise examined, as contributors gauge the chronological
significance of the monsters, heroes, history, and theology brought
together in Beowulf. Discussions of methodology and the history of
the discipline also figure prominently in this collection. Overall,
the dating of Beowulf here provides a productive framework for
evaluating evidence and drawing informed conclusions about its
chronological significance. These conclusions enhance our
appreciation of Beowulf and improve our understanding of the poem's
place in literary history. Leonard Neidorf is a Junior Fellow at
the Harvard Society of Fellows. Contributors: Frederick M. Biggs,
Thomas A. Bredehoft, George Clark, Dennis Cronan, Michael D.C.
Drout, Allen J. Frantzen, R.D. Fulk, Megan E. Hartman, Joseph
Harris, Thomas D. Hill, Leonard Neidorf, Rafael J. Pascual, Tom
Shippey
Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance
for Anglo-Saxon culture in general. This book will be a milestone,
and deserves to be widely read. The early Beowulf that
overwhelmingly emerges here asks hard questions, and the same
strictly defined measures of metre, spelling, onomastics,
semantics, genealogy, and historicity all cry out to be tested
further and applied more broadly to the whole corpus of Old English
verse. Andy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of
Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford. The datingof Beowulf has been a
central question in Anglo-Saxon studies for the past two centuries,
since it affects not only the interpretation of Beowulf, but also
the trajectory of early English literary history. By exploring
evidence for the poem's date of composition, the essays in this
volume contribute to a wide range of pertinent fields, including
historical linguistics, Old English metrics, onomastics, and
textual criticism. Many aspects of Anglo-Saxon literary culture are
likewise examined, as contributors gauge the chronological
significance of the monsters, heroes, history, and theology brought
together in Beowulf. Discussions of methodology and the history of
the discipline also figure prominently in this collection. Overall,
the dating of Beowulf here provides a productive framework for
evaluating evidence and drawing informed conclusions about its
chronological significance. These conclusions enhance our
appreciation of Beowulf and improve our understanding of the poem's
place in literary history. Leonard Neidorf is a Junior Fellow at
the Harvard Society of Fellows. Contributors: Frederick M. Biggs,
Thomas A. Bredehoft, George Clark, Dennis Cronan, Michael D.C.
Drout, Allen J. Frantzen, R.D. Fulk, Megan E. Hartman, Joseph
Harris, Thomas D. Hill, Leonard Neidorf, Rafael J. Pascual, Tom
Shippey
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