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Beowulf

  1. In Alexander, Michael. Old English Literature. New York: Schocken Books, 1983. pp. 37-71.
    Criticism -- Epic Poetry -- Poetic Diction

  2. In Baldwin, Charles Sears. Three Medieval Centuries of Literature in England, 1100-1400. New York: Phaeton Press, 1968. pp. 18-31.
    Criticism

  3. Breizman, Natalia. "Beowulf as Romance: Literary Interpretation as Quest." In Modern Language Notes, Volume 113, No. 5, December 1998. pp. 1022-1036.
    Criticism

  4. In Courthope, W. J. A History of English Poetry. New York: Russell & Russell, 1962. Vol. 1, pp. 88-96.
    Criticism

  5. In Dixon, W. MacNeile. English Epic and Heroic Poetry. New York: AMS Press, 1973. pp. 47-77.
    Criticism

  6. In Godden, Malcolm, ed. Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. pp. 142-159, plus see index.
    Criticism

  7. In Greenfield, Stanley. A Critical History of Old English Literature. New York: New York University Press, 1965. pp. 70-91, see also index.
    Criticism

  8. In Grohskopf, Bernice. From Age to Age: Life and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England. New York: Atheneum, 1968. pp. 86-98.
    Criticism

  9. In Highet, Gilbert. The Classical Tradition . London, Oxford U.P., 1967. pp. 22-27, plus see index.
    Criticism

  10. In Horn, Francis H. Literary Masterpieces of the Western World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1953. pp. 71-88.
    Criticism

  11. In Hutson, Arthur E. Epics of the Western World. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1954. pp. 229-234.
    Criticism

  12. In Kennedy, Charles W. The Earliest English Poetry. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1971, c1943. pp. 53-100.
    Criticism

  13. In Ker, W. P. Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature. New York: Dover Publications, 1957. pp. 158-178.
    Criticism

  14. In Ker, W. P. Medieval English Literature. London, New York: Oxford U.P., 1969. pp. 23-29.
    Criticism

  15. In Kirk, Rudolf, ed. Essays in Literary History . New Brunswick, N. J., Rutgers University Press, 1960. pp. 13-24.
    Criticism

  16. In Kreuzer, James R., and Cogan, Lee, eds. Modern Writings on Major English Authors. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1963. pp. 1-32.
    Criticism

  17. In Lawrence, William Witherle. Medieval Story and the Beginnings of the Social Ideals of the English-Speaking People. New York: F. Ungar, 1962, c1938. pp. 27-53.
    Criticism

  18. In Lumiansky, R. M. Critical Approaches to Six Major English Works. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1968. pp. 3-40.
    Criticism

  19. In Osgood, Charles Grosvenor. The Voice of England: A History of English Literature. New York: Harper, 1952. pp. 10-17.
    Criticism

  20. In Rexroth, Kenneth. Classics Revisited . New York : New Directions, c1986. pp. 4-10.
    Criticism

  21. In Thomas, P. G. English Literature before Chaucer. New York: Haskell House, 1966. pp. 14-20.
    Criticism

  22. In Tolkien, J. R. R. The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984, c1983. pp. 1-71.
    Criticism -- Translations

  23. In Ward, A. W., and Waller, A. R. Cambridge History of English Literature. Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1963-1965. pp. 22-32.
    Criticism

  24. In Wardale, E. E. Chapters on Old English Literature. New York: Russell & Russell, 1965. pp. 62-111.
    Criticism

  25. In Zesmer, David. Guide to English Literature: From Beowulf Through Chaucer and Medieval Drama. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1961. pp. 27-40.
    Criticism

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