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Date: Disputed (c. 700–1000 AD) State of existence: Manuscript suffered damage from fire in 1731: Manuscript(s) Cotton Vitellius A. xv (c. 975–1025 AD) First printed edition: Thorkelin (1815) Genre: Epic heroic writing: Verse form: Alliterative verse: Length: c. 3182 lines: Subject: The battles of Beowulf, the Geatish hero, in youth and old ...
Remounted page from Beowulf, British Library Cotton Vitellius A.XV, 133r First page of Beowulf, contained in the damaged Nowell Codex (132r). The Nowell Codex is the second of two manuscripts comprising the bound volume Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, one of the four major Old English poetic manuscripts.
The commentary, occupying over 200 pages, provides a detailed picture of how he saw Beowulf, sometimes taking several pages for a short passage of the poem, and giving his interpretation of difficult words or allusions by the poet. The commentary formed the basis of Tolkien's acclaimed 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics". [1] [2]
Beginning shortly before he became a barrister, and continuing until shortly before his death, Hall wrote seven books alongside several shorter works. [33] The first two, A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary and Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburg: A Translation into Modern English Prose, quickly became authoritative works that went through four editions each.
After he was killed during a raid on Frisia (by a grandson of Clovis I), Hygelac was succeeded by Heardred, according to Beowulf. The raid to Frisia enabled N. F. S. Grundtvig [4] to approximate the date of Hygelac's death to c. 516, because a raid to France under a King Chlochilaicus, king of the Danes, is mentioned by Gregory of Tours.
Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship. Its creation dates from between the 8th [1] and the 11th century, the only surviving manuscript dating from circa 1010. [2] At 3182 lines, it is notable for its length. It has risen to national epic status in England. [3]
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The Tale of Beowulf, trans. A. J. Wyatt and Morris. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume II. Syr Perecyvelle of Gales, ed. F. S. Ellis. The Life and Death of Jason: A Poem. The Story of the Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume III. Hand and Soul, D. G. Rossetti.