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ENGL 290: Beowulf & Grendel

Selected Resources for Beowulf

A Critical Companion to Beowulf
PR1585 .O73 2003

Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature
PR173 .C36 2013

Companion to Old and Middle English Literature
PR166 .C66 2002

A concordance to Beowulf
SL REF  PR1585 .A2 B4

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England
SL REF DA152 .B58 1999

Language Resources

Introduction to Old English
PE135 .B34 2007

A Comprehensive Old English Dictionary
REF  PE279 .B48 1982

A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
PE279 .H17 1960

Bosworth Toller Anglo Saxon Dictionary
REF PE279 .B5 1964
REF PE279 .B52 1972 suppl

A Thesaurus of Old English (U of Glasgow)

Historical Resources

Medieval England: an Encyclopedia
REF  DA129 .M43 1998
Covers English social, cultural and political life from the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the fith century to 1500.

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
REF  D114 .D5 1982

The New Cambridge Medieval History
Multi-volume set which covers Europe and the Middle East during their transition from Roman to medieval society.

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