This essential overview of the large body of Beowulf criticism takes a chronological approach, moving from eighteenth-century reactions to twenty-first-century responses. Jodi-Anne George charts the changes in critical trends and also discusses popular culture's continuing fascination with the Old English poem. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction: Hwaet! - 'Rude beginning': 1705-1899 - 'Conflicting babel': 1900-1931 - The Monsters Meet the Critics: the 1930s and 1940s - The Debates Continue: the 1950s and 1960s - Stock-taking: the 1970s - Critics on the Crest of a Wave: the 1980s - An Embarrassment of CriticalRiches: the 1990s-Present - 'Beowulf' in Popular Culture - Conclusion - Notes- Select Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-9128-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 10/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés