Dating Beowulf

Daniel C. Remein is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts BostonErica Weaver is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles

• 1 Getting intimate – Daniel C. Remein and Erica WeaverPart I: Beowulf in public2 Community, joy, and the intimacy of narrative in Beowulf – Benjamin A. Saltzman3 Beowulf and the intimacy of large parties – Roberta Frank4 Beowulf as Wayland’s work: thinking, feeling, making – James PazPart II: Beowulf at home5 Beowulf and babies – Donna Beth Ellard6 At home in the fens with the Grendelkin – Christopher AbramPart III: Beowulf outside7 Elemental intimacies: agency in the Finnsburg episode – Mary Kate Hurley8 What the raven told the eagle: animal language and the return of loss in Beowulf – Mo ParelesPart IV: Beowulf’s contact list 9 Men into monsters: troubling race, ethnicity, and masculinity in Beowulf – Catalin Taranu10 Sad men in Beowulf – Robin Norris11 Differing intimacies: Beowulf translations by Seamus Heaney and Thomas Meyer – David HadbawnikPart V: Beowulf in bed12 Beowulf and Andreas: intimate relations – Irina Dumitrescu13 Beowulf, Bryher, and the Blitz: a queer history – Peter Buchanan14 Dating Wiglaf: emotional connections to the young hero in Beowulf – Mary Dockray-MillerIndex

'...the collection offers an opportunity to see the poem anew, from unexpected angles and in sometimes surprising contexts. At the same time, it models a kind of intellectual enterprise that welcomes new readers and encourages them to pay attention to where, how, and why they feel their own investments in the poem.'Modern Philology'a delight to read. The quality of its fourteen essays is uniformly high, evidence of careful and thoughtful work on the part of both authors and editors.'Modern Philology 'One of the great delights of this book is how frequently contributors refer to other chapters and how many thematic clusters emerge. What really unites the collection is not a single definition of intimacy, but an attitude toward or orientation to the field of early medieval studies, one driven by a spirit of playfulness, openness, and accessibility. The fourteen essays sparkle with brilliant writing and a sense of shared joy in reading and writing about Beowulf.'Arthuriana