Beowulf

Beowulf Criticism

• Principal Works
• Beowulf
  • Introduction
  • Criticism
    • The Beowulf Poet
    • Beowulf
    • The Interlace Structure of Beowulf
    • The Pagan Coloring of Beowulf
    • The Marriage of Traditions in Beowulf: Secular Symbolism and Religious Allegory
    • Hero with Monsters
    • Revenge and Reward as Recurrent Motives in Beowulf
    • Beowulf and the World of Heroic Elegy
    • The Theme and Structure of Beowulf
    • An Introduction to “Beowulf” and the “Beowulf” Manuscript
    • The Formulaic Style of Beowulf
    • Thematic Polarity
    • Beowulf and the Judgement of the Righteous
    • Oral-Formulaic Context in Beowulf: The Hero on the Beach and the Grendel Episode
    • The Dating of Beowulf
  • Further Reading
• Beowulf Circa Eighth Century
  • Introduction
  • Criticism
    • The Christian Theme of Beowulf
    • The Function of Joy in Beowulf
    • Narrative Technique in Beowulf
    • The Essential Paganism of Beowulf
    • The Structural Unity of Beowulf: The Problem of Grendel's Mother
    • Beowulf: The Fight at the Center
    • Ring Composition
    • The Analogical Mere: Landscape and Terror in Beowulf
    • King Hrethel's Sorrow and the Limits of Heroic Action in Beowulf
    • Succession and Glory in Beowulf
    • Intemperance, Fratricide, and the Elusiveness of Grendel
    • Prey Tell: How Heroes Perceive Monsters in Beowulf
  • Further Reading