INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. WEAVING WISDOM vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xv
5. NOTE ON THE TEX TS, TITLES, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE POEMS liii
6. ABBREVIATIONS lvii
7. ON TRANSLATING OLD ENGLISH POETRY 1
8. THE JUNIUS MANUSCRIPT 27
9. THE VERCELLI BOOK 183
10. THE EXETER BOOK 297
11. BEOWULF AND JUDITH 597
12. THE METRICAL PSALMS OF THE PARIS PSALTER AND THE METERS OF BOETHIUS 703
13. THE MINOR POEMS 905
14. ADDITIONAL POEMS 1087
15. APPENDIX OF POSSIBLE RIDDLE SOLUTIONS 1151
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1171
17. INDEX OF POEM TITLES 1185
18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1189