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Zusatztext Philip A. Shaw's erudite! painstaking and ingenious survey of the names of all the human figures in Beowulf is one of the most significant contributions for years to scholarship on this famous poem. All those interested in the origins and transmission of Beowulf 's story world will want to read it. Informationen zum Autor Philip A. Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English, University of Leicester, UK.An examination of the origins of personal names in Beowulf and, in turn, a reassessment of the origins of the poem itself. Zusammenfassung ‘Beowulf’, one of the earliest poems in the English language, recounts a tale of heroism played out against the backdrop of Scandinavia in the 5th to 6th centuries AD. And yet, this Old English verse narrative set in Scandinavia is – a little surprisingly, perhaps – populated with names of German descent.This insight into the personal names of ‘Beowulf’ acts the starting point for Philip A. Shaw’s innovative and nuanced study. As Shaw reveals, the origins of these personal names provide important evidence for the origins of Beowulf as it enables us to situate the poem fully in its continental contexts. As such, this book is not only a much-needed reassessment of ‘Beowulf’'s beginnings, but also sheds new light on the links between ‘Beowulf’ and other continental narrative traditions, such as the Scandinavian sagas and Continental German heroics. In doing so, Names and Naming in ‘Beowulf’ takes readers beyond the continuing debate over the dating of the poem and provides a compelling new model for the poem’s origins. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresList of MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Geats, Brondings and Wylfings2. The Scyldings, Heathobards and Helmings3. The Scilfings4. The Finnsburh Episode and the non-Scylding Danes5. Weland and the Waelsings6. The Continental Characters7. A Glove in Hood's Clothing: Hondscio and the Narrative Tradition of BeowulfConclusionBibliographyIndex...
