Beowulf Unlocked
Drout, Michael D.C. / Kisor, Yvette / Smith, Leah / Dennett, Allison / Piirainen, Natasha
The most original and ground-breaking work on Beowulf in several decades, this book uses “lexomic” methods that blend computer-assisted statistical analysis with traditional approaches to reveal new and surprising information about the construction and sources of the greatest surviving Old English poem. Techniques of cluster analysis identify patterns of vocabulary distribution that indicate robust similarities and differences among segments o...
