Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Note on Editions xxvii
5. Guide to Pronouncing Old English xxix
6. On Translating Old English Poetry 1
7. BEOWULF
8. Introduction 21
9. Beowulf 37
10. OTHER OLD ENGLISH POEMS
11. A Note on Genres 125
12. Heroic or Historical Poems 127
13. Elegies 143
14. Selected Exeter Book Riddles 161
15. Gnomic or Wisdom Poems 178
16. Religious Poems 190
17. Appendix A. “Digressions”: Battles, Feuds, and Family Strife in Beowulf 215
18. Appendix B. Genealogies in Beowulf 220
19. Appendix C. Two Scandinavian Analogues of Beowulf 223
20. Appendix D. Possible Riddle Solutions 228
21. Glossary of Proper Names 237
22. Bibliography 245
23. Index 253
24. Acknowledgments 256