THE ORIGINS OF BEOWULF AND THE PRE-VIKING KINGDOM OF EAST ANGLIA.

NEWTON, Sam.

ISBN 10: 0859913619 / ISBN 13: 9780859913614

Published by D. S. Brewer,, Cambridge,, 1992

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First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp xiii, 177. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Issued sans jacket. Bookplate of Hugh (Vercingetorix) Brogan (1936 Ð 2019) British historian and biographer, showing nude youth holding a book. He was Professor of History at University of Essex and wrote biographies of Arthur Ransome and De Tocqueville. ISBN: 0859913619 Very good. Seller Inventory # C71144

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Title: THE ORIGINS OF BEOWULF AND THE PRE-VIKING ...

Publisher: D. S. Brewer,, Cambridge,

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

`A thoroughly plausible scenario for the poet's interest in affairs long ago and far away; for the poem's odd contradictory-but-connected relationship with later Scandinavian story its chilling air of utter contextual security in whatever was its own.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TOM SHIPPEY Where did Beowulf, unique and thrilling example of an Old English epic poem come from? In whose hall did the poem's maker first tell the tale? The poem exists now in just one manuscript, probably itself a copy, but a long and careful study of the literary and historical associations reveals striking details which lead Dr Newton to claim, as he pieces together the various clues, a specific origin for the poem. The fortunes of threeearly 6th-century Northern dynasties feature prominently in Beowulf. Dr Newton suggests that references in the poem to the heroes whose names are listed in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies indicate that such Northern dynastic concerns are most likely to have been fostered in the kingdom of East Anglia. He supports his thesis with evidence drawn from East Anglian archaeology, hagiography and folklore. His argument, detailed and passionate, offers the exciting possibility that he has discovered the lost origins of the poem in the pre-Viking kingdom of 8th-century East Anglia.SAM NEWTON graduated with a first in English literature from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he was later awarded his Ph.D. for work on Beowulf. [East Anglia] Where did Beowulf, unique and thrilling example of an Old English epic poem, come from? Sam Newton - who lives within serious walking distance of Sutton Hoo considers the origins of Anglo-Saxon England's great epic poem to have been in East Anglia; he supports his thesis with and supports his thesis with evidence from East Anglian archaeology, hagiography and folklore, bringing life to a vanished age with his sympathetic interpretation of the few records that have survived.

About the Author:

SAM NEWTON was awarded his Ph.D. for work on Beowulf.