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This book traces the development of hypermetric verse in Old
English and compares it to the cognate traditions of Old Norse and
Old Saxon. The study illustrates the inherent flexibility of the
hypermetric line and shows how poets were able to manipulate this
flexibility in different contexts for different practical and
rhetorical purposes. This mode of analysis is therefore able to
show what degree of control the poets had over the traditional
alliterative line, what effects they were able to produce with
various stylistic choices, and how attention to poetic style can
aid in literary analysis.
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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