Beowulf: A Student Edition

Jack, George

ISBN 10: 0198710445 / ISBN 13: 9780198710448

Published by Clarendon Press, 1994

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00107748203

Synopsis:

Beowulf, the major surviving poem in Old English, is composed in a language that is rich but often difficult. This edition makes the poem more accessible in its original language, and at the same time provides the materials necessary for its detailed study at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As well as supplying a full textual commentary, George Jack includes extensive running glosses beside the text in order to facilitate the reading of Beowulf for students at any stage. Also included is the text of the Finnsburh Fragment, because of its special relevance to Beowulf.

Review: `This will surely be the standard edition of Beowulf' Dr Margaret Connolly, University College, Cork

`very student user-friendly'Dr J. A. George, Uninversity of Dundee

`it will be most useful and exactly the kind of student edition that has long been needed'Dr William Marx, University of Wales, Lampeter

`This up-to-date edition it a godsend.'Peter J. Lucas, University College, Dublin

We have long been waiting for it.'Professor Dr Heinz Bergner, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen

presents its familiar material in a conspicuously rejuvenated way...This edition follows a current trend towards providing most of the material necessary for the study of a major work within a single volume...The introduction has detailed and authoritative discussions of all the major aspects of the poem, apart from general critical interpretation, for which the reader is referred to items in the extensive bibliography. (English)

This fully annotated edition makes the poem Beowulf more accessible in its original language, and provides the materials necessary for its detailed study by those new to Old English. (The Medieval World)

Students working through Beowulf in the original language for the first time ... may find themselves grateful for this compact, efficient, and inexpensive introduction to the poem. Every part of Jack's text is presented with meticulous accuracy - a welcome virtue in publications of this kind. References are brief but apt, expert, and up-to-date. (John D. Niles, University of California, Berkeley, Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies, Jan 1997)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beowulf: A Student Edition
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good