Frontmatter
PREFACE
CONTENTS
( I ) CONTEXT
1. THE MARVELOUS
2. THE ART OF THE GERMANIC SCOP
3. LATIN CHRISTIAN LETTERS
4. THE DANES AND THE DATE
( II ) STYLE AND STRUCTURE
5. FORMULA AND FORMULAIC SYSTEM
6. COMPOUND DICTION
7. RING COMPOSITION
8. BARBARIC STYLE
( III ) INTERPRETĀTION
9. THE DIMENSION OF TIME
10. THE NARRATOR'S VOICE
11. THE LISTENING AUDIENCE
12. RECIPROCITY
13. THE CONTROLLING THEME
14. THE FATAL CONTRADICTION
AFTERWORD: THE EXCELLENCE OF BEOWULF
ABBREVIATIONS NOTES INDEX
ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES
INDEX