Author: LAWRENCE, WILLIAM WITHERLE.
Title: Beowulf and Epic Tradition.
Description: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. 2nd impression. "Fuller and more authoritative than the surveys in general works, less technical and controversial than the specialized monographs, the volume presents an excellent analysis 'to those who wish to gain a sounder knowledge of Beowulf so far as it may be done without an understanding of Anglo-Saxon, and to those who are just beginning a reading of the poem in that language'." Pp.xvi/349. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper a little dusty but in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.

Keywords: Lawrence Beowulf Epic Tradition Anglo Saxon Poem Peoples Social Organization Tragedies Finnsburg Scyld Breca Grendel Dam Dragon Composition Literature 48543 Literature


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