Beowulf
A companion to the epic poem and its presentation by English faculty during Spring Arts & Culture Festival 2023
The 'Southwick Codex'
- Beowulf - The 'Southwick Codex'From the British Library collection
Explainers & Overviews
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- Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature: BeowulfFoster, Edward E. “Beowulf.” Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, Jan. 2023. EBSCOhost, discovery.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=6e8d7e9b-ffc4-3535-9484-91a916b0b362.
- Overview: Beowulf"Overview: Beowulf." Epics for Students, edited by Sara Constantakis, 2nd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2011. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1430007425/GLS?u=nwestakcc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=dcd22a11.
Video
The medieval hero on screen : representations from Beowulf to Buffy by Call Number: PN1995.9.H44 M44 2004Publication Date: 2004
Popular Articles
- The Question of Race in BeowulfFrom JSTOR Daily - J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal scholarship on Beowulf centers a white male gaze. Toni Morrison focused on Grendel and his mother as raced and marginal figures.
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- "Beowulf" & historyHowland, Jacob. “‘Beowulf’ & History.” New Criterion, vol. 38, no. 10, June 2020, pp. 21–25. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=aph&AN=143239935&site=ehost-live.
- EVILDOERGurewitsch, Matthew. “EVILDOER.” Smithsonian, vol. 37, no. 1, Apr. 2006, pp. 118–23. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=aph&AN=20199645&site=ehost-live.
Scholarly Sources
The Anglo-Saxon Age: a Very Short Introduction by
Covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social,religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England.
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780192854032Publication Date: 2002-07-11
- The mighty and the monstrousTreharne, Elaine. "The Mighty and the Monstrous." Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford UP, 2015. Oxford Academic, doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199668496.003.0006,
- Beowulf and the HuntLeneghan, Francis. “Beowulf and the Hunt.” Humanities, vol. 11, no. 2, Mar. 2022, p. 36, doi.org/10.3390/h11020036.
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- From BeowulfHeaney, Seamus. "From Beowulf." The American Poetry Review, vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 2000, p. 21. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A62450348/GLS?u=nwestakcc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=2714ac0c. Accessed 4 Mar. 2023.
- "The Evil Side of Heroic Life": Monsters and Heroes in Beowulf and The HobbitHall, Catherine. ""The Evil Side of Heroic Life": Monsters and Heroes in Beowulf and the Hobbit." Mythlore, vol. 41, no. 141, 2023, pp. 186-199. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/evil-side-heroic-life-monsters-heroes-beowulf/docview/2728512137/se-2.
- Dream, Bliss, and the Shaping of Emotional Meaning in BeowulfAdair, Anya. "Dream, Bliss, and the Shaping of Emotional Meaning in Beowulf." The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 121, no. 1, Jan. 2022, pp. 65+. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A701500255/GLS?u=nwestakcc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=69bd0d4b.