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The Dating of Beowulf
Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance for Anglo-Saxon culture in general. This book will be a milestone, and deserves to be widely read. The early …
Medievalism: Key Critical Terms
Definitions of key words and terms for the study of medievalism. The discipline of medievalism has produced a great deal of scholarship acknowledging the "makers" of the Middle …
Studies in Medievalism XIV
Articles centred on the use made by European nations of medieval texts and other artefacts to define their history and origins. The 19th century was a time of fierce national …
Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate
The theory of Northern Courage was J.R.R. Tolkien's designation for the heroic ethos found in 'Germanic' or Northern heroic lays and epics. Tolkien admired the nobility of the old …
Old English Philology
Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts.Robert D. Fulk is arguably the greatest Old English philologist to emerge during the …
Old English Philology
Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts. Robert D. Fulk is arguably the greatest Old English philologist to emerge during the …
Beowulf and the North before the Vikings
Ever since Tolkien's famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem Beowulf is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This book challenges …
Networks, Narratives and Nations
Do narratives make nations, and if so, did networks make this happen? The notion that national and other group identities are constructed and sustained by narratives and images has …
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
A collection of the 20th-century's most characteristic genre - from H.G. Wells' prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of …
Der Weg nach Mittelerde
"Beowulf" and Other Old English Poems
The best-known literary achievement of Anglo-Saxon England, Beowulf is a poem concerned with monsters and heroes, treasure and transience, feuds and fidelity. Composed sometime …
Law, Government, and Society in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works
Law and government are aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien's works that have not received much scholarly attention. However, they are present in many facets of his sub-creation. In …