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Tables of Contents for The Beowulf Reader
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface of the General Editors
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Beowulf
3
32
E.G. Stanley
The Pagan Coloring of Beowulf
35
16
Larry D. Benson
Beowulf and the Margins of Literacy
51
28
Eric John
Elements of the Marvellous in the Characterization of Beowulf: A Reconsideration of the Textual Evidence
79
18
Fred C. Robinson
The Authenticating Voice in Beowulf
97
14
Stanley B. Greenfield
The Great Feud: Scriptural History and Strife in Beowulf
111
16
Marijane Osborn
The Germanic Context of the Unferp Episode
127
28
Carol J. Clover
Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf
155
26
Roberta Frank
Beowulf, Bede, and St. Oswine: The Hero's Pride in Old English Hagiography
181
14
Colin Chase
The Legacy of Wiglaf: Saving a Wounded Beowulf
195
24
Kevin S. Kiernan
The Women of Beowulf: A Context for Interpretation
219
42
Gillian R. Overing
Kuhn's Laws, Old English Poetry, and the New Philology
261
20
Mary Blockley
Thomas Cable
On the Dating of Beowulf
281
22
Roy Michael Liuzza
Indexes
303