TY - BOOK AU - Chase,Colin TI - The Dating of Beowulf T2 - Toronto Old English Studies SN - 9781442657519 AV - PR1585 .D385 1997 U1 - 829/.3 PY - 1997/// CY - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press KW - Beowulf KW - Epic poetry, English (Old)-Chronology KW - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon-Chronology KW - Middle Ages-Chronology KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- CONTENTS -- EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- THE DATING OF BEOWULF -- Opinions on the Date of Beowulf, 1815-1980 -- The Eleventh-Century Origin of Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript -- The Nowell Codex and the Poem of Beowulf -- A Reconsideration of the Language of Beowulf -- Metrical Style as Evidence for the Date of Beowulf -- Hetware and Hugas: Datable Anachronisms in Beowulf -- Beowulf, the Danish Invasions, and Royal Genealogy -- The Audience of Beowulf and the Vikings -- Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf -- Variation in Beowulf and the Poetic Edda: A Chronological Experiment -- Saints' Lives, Royal Lives, and the Date of Beowulf -- Style as the Criterion for Dating the Composition of Beowulf -- On the Date of Composition of Beowulf -- The Date of Beowulf: Some Doubts and No Conclusions -- AFTERWORD: The Uses of Uncertainty: On the Dating of Beowulf -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z N2 - The date of Beowulf, debated for almost a century, is a small question with large ramifications. This collection of essays by leading scholars has become a standard reference for scholarship in the area UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4670187 ER -