Beowulf and the Tragedy of Finnsburg by William Witherle Lawrence
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Beowulf and the Tragedy of Finnsburg by William Witherle Lawrence, published in 1915. Appears to have been initialed by the author on cover. A focused scholarly study examining the difficult and highly allusive Finnsburg episode in Beowulf (lines 1063–1159), which recounts a brutal conflict between Danes and Frisians. Lawrence analyzes the fragmentary narrative, its historical and literary context, and its relationship to the separate Finnsburg Fragment, offering clarification of one of the poem’s most challenging passages. Softcover in original wraps as issued, initialed by the author in fountain pen on the title page. Light shelfwear with chipping to the spine paper, but holding well.
