Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 5
3. CONTENTS 7
4. I. INTRODUCTION 9
5. II. HEAVEN FOR HEATHENS : OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY IN BEOWULF 12
6. III. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTRAST AND ITS RELATION TO CRUCES OF BEOWULF 33
7. IV. THE GIFSTOL AND THE ARK 56
8. V. THE OLD ENGLISH SATAN AND GRENDEL'S MOTIVE 80
9. VI. IDOLS, A RHYTHM, AND A COMPARISON 102
10. VII. OLD ENGLISH POLONIUS 131
11. VIII. FROM DANE TO GEAT, COMFORT TO COMFORT, FUNERAL TO FUNERAL 154
12. IX. AFTERWORD 174
13. X. BIBLIOGRAPHY 176
14. INDEX 184