Neidorf, Leonard. <br/><br/>
The Transmission of Beowulf :  Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (224 pages) 
 - Myth and Poetics II Series .
 - Myth and Poetics II Series .
<br/><br/>THE TRANSMISSION OF BEOWULF -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Series Foreword by Gregory Nagy -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1. The Duration of Transmission -- 2. The Detection of Scribal Error -- 3. Meter and Alliteration -- 4. Probabilistic Reasoning -- 5. General Prefatory Remarks -- 2. Language History -- 1. Diachronic Variation -- 2. Dialectal Variation -- 3. Syntactic Misconstruction -- 4. Trivialization -- 5. Interpolation -- 3. Cultural Change -- 1. Obliteration of Personal Names -- 2. Obliteration of Ethnic Names -- 3. Erroneous Spacing -- 4. Scribal Self-Correction -- 5. Chronological Significance -- 4. Scribal Behavior -- 1. The Lexemic Theory -- 2. Competing Theories -- 3. Variation in Parallel Texts -- 4. The Four Poetic Codices -- 5. Theory and Evidence -- 5. Conclusion -- 1. The Unity of Beowulf -- 2. Linguistic Regularities -- 3. Methodological Considerations -- 4. Textual Criticism -- 5. Manuscript Context -- Appendix: J. R. R. Tolkien's Beowulf Textual Criticism -- Glossary of Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Verses -- Index of Subjects. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501708282 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Epic poetry, English (Old)--Criticism, Textual.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR1586 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>829/.3