It proposes an unequal division of its subject that describes a "simple and static structure, solid and strong.
This essay compares the "effect of antiquity" in the Aeneid to that of its subject, and notes that much of the source material for both is lost. It proposes an unequal division of its subject that describes a "simple and static structure, solid and strong." This essay lengthily critiques assertions like: its subject has great form but worthless content, and: its subject is a "wild folk-tale," which were made by W.P. Ker and R.W. Chambers. This essay's author returned to the same subject in the study Finn and (*) Hengest. The opening of this essay claims that only historians or those who cannot recognize good poetryÂ—i.e. all previous writers on its subjectÂ—would view its subject purely as a historical document. This essay construes its subject not as an "epic" or a "lay," but as a tragic "historical poem about the pagan past." This is essay is often packaged with a translation by Seamus Heaney. For 10 points, name the most influential essay about Beowulf, which was written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This essay compares the "effect of antiquity" in the Aeneid to that of its subject, and notes that much of the source material for both is lost.
"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics"