Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

CHAPTER III. THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN,

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DATE AND STRUCTURE OF THE POEM

SECTION I. Is _Beowulf_ translated from a Scandinavian original? 98 SECTION II. The dialect, syntax and metre of _Beowulf_ as evidence of its literary history 104 SECTION III. Theories as to the structure of _Beowulf_ 112 SECTION IV. Are the Christian elements incompatible with the rest of the poem? 121 {x}