Dating Beowulf: Studies in intimacy

Featuring Essays From Some Of The Most Prominent Voices In Early Medieval Studies, 'dating Beowulf' Playfully Redeploys The Word 'dating', Which Usually Heralds Some Of The Most Divisive Critical Impasses In The Field, To Provocatively Phrase A Set Of New Relationships With An Old English Poem. The Volume Argues For The Relevance Of The Early Middle Ages To Affect Studies And Vice-versa, Offering A Riposte To Antifeminist Discourse And Opening Avenues For Future Work By Specialists In The History Of Emotions, Literary Theorists, Students Of Old English Literature And Medieval Scholars Alike. To This End, The Essays Embody A Range Of Critical Approaches From Queer Theory To Animal Studies And Ecocriticism To Actor-network Theory. List Of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Getting Intimate / Daniel C. Remein And Erica Weaver -- Part I : 'beowulf' In Public -- 2. Community, Joy, And The Intimacy Of Narrative In 'beowulf' / Benjamin A. Saltzman -- 3. 'beowulf' And The Intimacy Of Large Parties / Roberta Frank -- 4. 'beowulf' As Wayland's Work : Thinking, Feeling, Making / James Paz -- Part Ii : 'beowulf' At Home -- 5. 'beowulf' And Babies / Donna Beth Ellard -- 6. At Home In The Fens With The Grendelkin / Christopher Abram -- Part Iii : 'beowulf' Outside -- 7. Elemental Intimacies : Agency In The Finnsburg Episode / Mary Kate Hurley -- 8. What The Raven Told The Eagle : Animal Language And The Return Of Loss In 'beowulf' / Mo Pareles -- Part Iv : 'beowulf''s Contact List -- 9. Men Into Monsters : Troubling Race, Ethnicity, And Masculinity In 'beowulf' / Catalin Taranu -- 10. Sad Men In 'beowulf' / Robin Norris -- 11. Differing Intimacies : 'beowulf' Translations By Seamus Heaney And Thomas Meyer / David Hadbawnik -- Part V : 'beowulf' In Bed -- 12. 'beowulf' And 'andreas' : Intimate Relations / Irina Dumitrescu -- 13. 'beowulf', Bryher, And The Blitz : A Queer History / Peter Buchanan -- 14. Dating Wiglaf : Emotional Connections To The Young Hero In 'beowulf' / Mary Dockray-miller -- Index. Edited By Daniel C. Remein And Erica Weaver. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.