Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R.W. Chambers

Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R.W. Chambers, published in 1921. Sections Include: The Historical Elements, The Non Historical Elements, Theories as to the Origin, Date and Structure of the Poem, Documents Illustrating the Stories in Beowulf and the Offa Saga, The Fight at Finnsburg, etc. etc. Illustrated with plates. Personal copy of author and history scholar Huntington Brown with his library stamp on endsheet. A print of a viking ship has been pasted to half title. Hardcover with light spotting to boards.