A Pathfinder for Beowulf
Start your journey through Beowulf with a little refresher
courtesy of University of Aberdeen’s Beowulf for Beginners
(http://www.abdn.ac.uk/english/beowulf/contents.htm),
then choose from the following sources.
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Journal of Early Medieval and
Northwestern Europe
History and Translations
Electronic Beowulf
Beowulf Index University of Toronto
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Beowulf
Norton Anthology of English Lit.
Los Angeles Public Library
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1. "Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2101201742&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
2. "Beowulf."Epics for Students. Marie Lazzari. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2125700004&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
3. "Beowulf."Myths and Legends of the World. John M. Wickersham. New York: Macmillan, 2000. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2134050071&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
4. "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2101201744&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
5. "Critical Essay on Beowulf."Epics for Students. Marie Lazzari. Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering
Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2125700005&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
6. "Critical Overview of Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2168200053&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
7. "Criticism by Friederich Klaeber."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2101201746&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
8. "Even Monsters Have Mothers: A Study of `Beowulf and John Gardners `Grendel,."DISCovering
Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2101203823&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
9. "Historical Context: Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2168300008&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
10. "James Bond As Literary Descendant of Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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Id=EJ2101203620&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
11. "John Gardner's Grendel and the Interpretation of Modern Fables."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin
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"Overview of Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
<http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=DC&doc
Id=EJ2168200041&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
"Plot Summary: Beowulf."Epics for Students. Mark Milne. 1Detroit: Gale Research, 1997. Discovering
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"The Style and Structure of `Beowulf."DISCovering Authors. Online Detroit: Gale, 2003. Discovering
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Id=EJ2101201745&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
"Themes and Construction: Grendel."Novels for Students. Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1998. Discovering Collection. Gale. .
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Id=EJ2168300026&source=gale&userGroupName=lapl&version=1.0>.
Durant, Jack. "The Function of Joy in Beowulf." Tennessee Studies in Literature. 7.( 1962): 61-69. Rpt. in Poetry
Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 61-69. Literature
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Blomfield, Joan. "The Style and Structure of 'Beowulf'." Review of English Studies. 14.56 396-403. Rpt. inWorld
Literature Criticism Supplement. 1.Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A Selection of Major
Authors from Gale's Literary Criticism Series. Ed. Polly Vedder. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 396-403. Literature
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Brooke, Stopford A. "Beowulf' and 'Beowulf-The Poem." English Literature: From the Beginning to the Norman
Conquest. Rpt. inClassical and Medieval Literature Criticism. 1.Rpt. in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism.
Ed. Dennis Poupard and Jelena O. Krstovic. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1988. Literature Resources from Gale.
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Butts, Richard. "The Analogical Mere: Landscape and Terror in Beowulf." English Studies. 68.2 ( 1987): 113-121.
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Culbert, Taylor. "Narrative Technique in Beowulf." Neophilologus. 47.1 ( 1963): 50-61. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism.
Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 50-61. Literature Resources from
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Schrader, Richard J. "Succession and Glory in Beowulf." Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 90.4 (Oct.
1991): 491-504. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research,
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Huisman, Rosemary. "Narrative sociotemporality and complementary gender roles in Anglo-Saxon society: the
relevance of wifmann and woepnedmann to a plot summary of the old English poem Beowulf." Journal of the
Australian Early Medieval Association. (Annual 2008): p125. Literature Resources from Gale. Gale. Los Angeles
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Vaught, Jacqueline. "Beowulf: The Fight at the Center." Allegorica. 5.2 (Winter 1980): 125-137. Rpt. in Poetry
Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale Research, 1999. 125-137. Literature
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Nitzsche, Jane C. "The Structural Unity of Beowulf: The Problem of Grendel's Mother." Texas Studies in
Literature and Language. 22.3 (Fall 1980): 287-303. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics." Proceedings of the British Academy. 22.( 1936): 245295. Rpt. inWorld Literature Criticism Supplement. 1.Rpt. in World Literature Criticism, Supplement 1-2: A
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Ker, W. P. "A discussion of Beowulf." Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature. Rpt. inWorld Literature
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Disraeli, Isaac. "Beowulf: The Hero-Life." Amenities of Literature, Consisting of Sketches and Characters of
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Parks, Ward. "Prey Tell: How Heroes Perceive Monsters in Beowulf." Journal of English and Germanic Philology.
92.1 (Jan. 1993): 1-16. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Carol T. Gaffke and Anna J. Sheets. Vol. 22. Detroit: Gale
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Forni, Kathleen. "Graham Baker's Beowulf: intersections between high and low culture." Literature-Film
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