The Transmission of "Beowulf" : : Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior / / Leonard Neidorf.
Beowulf, like The Iliad and The Odyssey, is a foundational work of Western literature that originated in mysterious circumstances. In The Transmission of "Beowulf," Leonard Neidorf addresses philological questions that are fundamental to the study of the poem. Is Beowulf the product of uni...
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Neidorf, Leonard, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Transmission of "Beowulf" : Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior / Leonard Neidorf. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Myth and Poetics II Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- SERIES FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language History -- 3. Cultural Change -- 4. Scribal Behavior -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- GLOSSARY OF TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF VERSES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Beowulf, like The Iliad and The Odyssey, is a foundational work of Western literature that originated in mysterious circumstances. In The Transmission of "Beowulf," Leonard Neidorf addresses philological questions that are fundamental to the study of the poem. Is Beowulf the product of unitary or composite authorship? How substantially did scribes alter the text during its transmission, and how much time elapsed between composition and preservation?Neidorf answers these questions by distinguishing linguistic and metrical regularities, which originate with the Beowulf poet, from patterns of textual corruption, which descend from copyists involved in the poem's transmission. He argues, on the basis of archaic features that pervade Beowulf and set it apart from other Old English poems, that the text preserved in the sole extant manuscript (ca. 1000) is essentially the work of one poet who composed it circa 700. Of course, during the poem's written transmission, several hundred scribal errors crept into its text. These errors are interpreted in the central chapters of the book as valuable evidence for language history, cultural change, and scribal practice. Neidorf's analysis reveals that the scribes earnestly attempted to standardize and modernize the text's orthography, but their unfamiliarity with obsolete words and ancient heroes resulted in frequent errors. The Beowulf manuscript thus emerges from his study as an indispensible witness to processes of linguistic and cultural change that took place in England between the eighth and eleventh centuries. An appendix addresses J. R. R. Tolkien's Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, which was published in 2014. Neidorf assesses Tolkien's general views on the transmission of Beowulf and evaluates his position on various textual issues. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Epic poetry, English (Old) Criticism, Textual. Language and culture History To 1500 England. Language and culture England History To 1500. Transmission of texts History To 1500 England. Transmission of texts England History To 1500. Literary Studies. Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Poetry & Criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. bisacsh Nagy, Gregory, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110665871 print 9781501708282 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501708282 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501708282 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501708282/original |
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