Description: Examinations of the date of Beowulf have tremendous significance for Anglo-Saxon culture in general.
Review Quotes: The contributors' various methodologies are more technical and more objective than those of pre-1981 early-dating arguments, and collectively offer a cohesive and compelling case for Beowulf's early composition. Not only is this volume a necessary companion for the 1981 collection, it stands on its own as an introduction to key issues in the dating of Old English poetry. Essential.-- "CHOICE"