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040    _a Mount Holyoke Coll.
       _c DLC
       _d DLC
050 10 _a PR1585
       _b .C
100 1  _a Chambers, R. W.
       _q (Raymond Wilson),
       _d 1874-1942.
245 00 _a Beowulf;
       _b an introduction to the study of the poem with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn,
       _c by R. W. Chambers. With a supplement by C. L. Wrenn.
250    _a 3d ed.
260    _a Cambridge [Eng.]
       _b University Press,
       _c 1959.
300    _a xvii, 628 p.
       _b geneal. tables.
       _c 22 cm.
504    _a "Bibliography of Beowulf and Finnsburg": p. [553]-583. "Additions to the bibliography to 1930": p. [584]-598. "Supplementary bibliography to 1958": p. 598-613.
505 0  _a pt. 1. The historical elements. The non-historical elements. Theories as to the origin, date, and structure of the poem.--pt. 2. Documents illustrating the stories in Beowulf and the Offasaga.--pt. 3. The fight of Finnsburg.--pt. 4. Appendix A-1.--pt. 5. Recent work on Beowulf to 1930.--pt. 6. Recent work on Beowulf to 1958. Additional notes.
630 00 _a Beowulf.
650  0 _a Epic poetry, English (Old)
       _x History and criticism.
600 10 _a Offa,
       _c King of the Mercians,
       _d d. 796
       _x In literature.
651  0 _a Mercia (Kingdom)
       _x In literature.
650  0 _a Anglo-Saxons
       _x Kings and rulers.
650  0 _a Monsters in literature.
650  0 _a Dragons in literature.
650  0 _a Heroes in literature.
630 00 _a Finnesburgh.
630 00 _a Offa saga.