First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Peter Baker is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the award-winning Deconstruction and the Ethical Turn (1995).

Introduction E.G. Stanley Beowulf Larry D. Benson The Pagan Coloring of Beowulf Eric John Beowulf and the Margins of Literacy Fred C. Robinson Elements of the Marvelous in the Characterization of Beowulf: A Reconsideration of the Textual Evidence Stanley B. Greenfield The Authenticating Voice in Beowulf Marijane Osborn The Great Feud: Scriptural History and Strife in Beowulf Carol J. Clover The Germanic Context of the Unferp Episode Roberta Frank Skaldic Verse and the Date of Beowulf Colin Chaser The Hero's Pride in Old English Hagiography Kevin S. Kiernan The Legacy of Wiglaf: Saving a Wounded Beowulf Gillian R. Overing The Women of Beowulf: A Context for Interpretation Mary Blocklye and Thomas Cable Kuhn's Laws, Old English Poetry and the New Philosophy Roy Michael Liuzza On the Dating of Beowulf