• Metrics, Scribes, and Beowulf: A Response to Neidorf (2017), The Transmission of Beowulf

    Author(s):
    Nelson Goering (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Subject(s):
    Germanic philology, English language--Old English
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Beowulf, metrics, Old English, Scribal culture
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/v5x6-ta81
    Abstract:
    Neidorf (2017), The Transmission of Beowulf, synthesizes a variety of philological approaches to propose a new ‘lexemic theory’ of Anglo-Saxon scribal behaviour. In this response article, I build on Neidorf’s arguments, suggesting ways that his theory may be adapted to account for differences between the two scribes of the Beowulf manuscript, and addressing some of the ways that metrical evidence only more weakly supports, or sometimes directly contradicts, some of Neidorf’s specific claims.
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-018-9583-7
    Publisher:
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Pub. Date:
    2018-11-1
    Journal:
    Neophilologus
    Volume:
    103
    Issue:
    1
    Page Range:
    115 - 127
    ISSN:
    0028-2677,1572-8668
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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