In this important contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies Dr Goldsmith presents a fully elaborated and documented interpretation of Beowulf based on the original theories which she has put forward in recent years and which have aroused considerable interest and controversy in scholarly circles. Her view of the poem as the product of a marriage of cultural traditions, a historical epic with allegorical significance, is developed in the context of a close analysis of the doctrinal and literary environment prevailing during the period A.D. 650-800, within which composition is placed. Dr Goldsmith seeks to show that the poem has a unified and coherent structure and in the process resolves many textual and interpretative problems of long standing. Beowulf is clearly seen as a serious work of art standing at the head of the vernacular tradition of allegorical poetry.

The mode and meaning of "Beowulf,"

Goldsmith, Margaret E.

Literature & Fiction

Athlone P

By examining the various versions of the poem, Dr Goldsmith shows that the enigmatic Piers Plowman is a consistent figure despite many apparent contradictions.

The Figure of Piers Plowman: The Image on the Coin (Piers Plowman Studies) (Volume 2)

History & Criticism

D.S.Brewer

The Mode and Meaning of 'Beowulf' (Bloomsbury Academic Collections: English Literary Criticism)

British & Irish

Bloomsbury Academic

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