The Beowulf poet : a collection of critical essays / edited by Donald K. Fry.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Twentieth century viewsPublisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1968]Description: xi, 177 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Fry, Donald K. Artistry of Beowulf
  • Container of (work): Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. Beowulf: the monsters and the critics
  • Container of (work): Blomfield, J. Style and structure of Beowulf
  • Container of (work): Wilbur, R. Beowulf
  • Container of (work): Bloomfield, Morton W. 1913-1987. Beowulf and Christian allegory: an interpretation of Unferth
  • Container of (work): Lumiansky, R. M. 1913-1987. Dramatic audience in Beowulf
  • Container of (work): Magoun, Francis Peabody, 1895-1979. Oral-formulaic character of Anglo-Saxon narrative poetry
  • Container of (work): Cramp, Rosemary. Beowulf and archaeology
  • Container of (work): Creed, R. P. Making of an Anglo-Saxon poem
  • Container of (work): Renoir, Alain. Point of view and design for terror in Beowulf
  • Container of (work): Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982. Classics revisited. 4: Beowulf
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Beowulf poet.DDC classification:
  • 829/.3 23
LOC classification:
  • PR1585 .F7
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction: The artistry of Beowulf / by D.K. Fry -- Beowulf: the monsters and the critics / by J.R.R. Tolkien -- The style and structure of Beowulf / by J. Blomfield -- Beowulf / by R. Wilbur -- Beowulf and Christian allegory: an interpretation of Unferth / by M.W. Bloomfield -- The dramatic audience in Beowulf / by R.M. Lumiansky -- Oral-formulaic character of Anglo-Saxon narrative poetry / by F.P. Magoun, Jr -- Beowulf and archaeology / by R. Cramp -- The making of an Anglo-Saxon poem / by R.P. Creed -- Point of view and design for terror in Beowulf / by A. Renoir -- Classics revisited. 4: Beowulf / by K. Rexroth.
Summary: "Beowulf' is the best surviving poem written in English before Chaucer," states Donald K. Fry. It is not a primitive poem or a product of the "dark ages," but a well-structured and unified poem which exemplifies the essentially pessimistic outlook and the indomitable will of the Northern tribes of England in the early Middle Ages. Beginning with J. R. R. Tolkien's description of "Beowulf"'s structure as "a balance, an opposition of ends and beginnings," Fry presents authoritative essays that range from explanations of dramatic technique and symbolism to religious themes and characterization. As the contributors to this book prove, the anonymous master craftsman of "Beowulf" produced a vigorous, stately, and beautiful poem which shows how a hero, embodying the ideals of a heroic society, must act in a world of ever increasing evil and impending doom.
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Introduction: The artistry of Beowulf / by D.K. Fry -- Beowulf: the monsters and the critics / by J.R.R. Tolkien -- The style and structure of Beowulf / by J. Blomfield -- Beowulf / by R. Wilbur -- Beowulf and Christian allegory: an interpretation of Unferth / by M.W. Bloomfield -- The dramatic audience in Beowulf / by R.M. Lumiansky -- Oral-formulaic character of Anglo-Saxon narrative poetry / by F.P. Magoun, Jr -- Beowulf and archaeology / by R. Cramp -- The making of an Anglo-Saxon poem / by R.P. Creed -- Point of view and design for terror in Beowulf / by A. Renoir -- Classics revisited. 4: Beowulf / by K. Rexroth.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177).

"Beowulf' is the best surviving poem written in English before Chaucer," states Donald K. Fry. It is not a primitive poem or a product of the "dark ages," but a well-structured and unified poem which exemplifies the essentially pessimistic outlook and the indomitable will of the Northern tribes of England in the early Middle Ages. Beginning with J. R. R. Tolkien's description of "Beowulf"'s structure as "a balance, an opposition of ends and beginnings," Fry presents authoritative essays that range from explanations of dramatic technique and symbolism to religious themes and characterization. As the contributors to this book prove, the anonymous master craftsman of "Beowulf" produced a vigorous, stately, and beautiful poem which shows how a hero, embodying the ideals of a heroic society, must act in a world of ever increasing evil and impending doom.

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