Working directly from the manuscript text of "Beowulf", this book demonstrates how John Mitchell Kemble constructed his verse arrangement. The author provides a study of the prosody of the poem and examines Old English poetry, early Scandinavian poetry, and Anglo-Saxon history and pre-history.
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Seller: Ocean Tango Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition Very good condition hard cover no dust jacket library stamp top edge , label residue rear page no card pockets or spine marks gently read clean pages. Seller Inventory # 992b2
Seller: PASCALE'S BOOKS, NORTH READING, MA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 216 pages. This book "will become a landmark for the study not only of Old English poetry, but also of early Scandinavian poetry, and other traditional oral poetries, and Anglo-Saxon history and prehistory." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 032997
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Seller: Librairie Sheehy (Theologia Books), La Charite sur Loire, France
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good cloth copy in very good dustjacket. xiii, 216 pages. Book. Seller Inventory # 004484