The Transmission of Beowulf: Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior

by Leonard Neidorf

The Transmission of "Beowulf" like The Iliad and The Odyssey, is a foundational work of Western literature that originated in mysterious circumstances. In The Transmission of Beowulf, Leonard Neidorf addresses philological questions that are fundamental to the study of the poem. Is Beowulf the product of unitary or composite authorship? How substantially did scribes alter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501705113
• ISBN13: 9781501705113
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher