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Beowulfiana en · NOUN

Etymology

From Beowulf + -iana.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Scholarly work treating the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.
    • Tolkien was fully aware of his intervention in mainstream Beowulfiana, and prefaces his analysis with a brief apologia[.] 1994, Clare A. Lees, Medieval Masculinities: Regarding Men in the Middle Ages, University of Minnesota Press, page 131:
    • But I have read enough, I think, to venture an opinion that Beowulfiana is, while rich in many departments, specially poor in one. 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 1:
    • The experts in Beowulfiana are seldom concerned with such judgements. 1963, James R. Kreuzer and Lee Cogan, Modern Writings on Major English Authors, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 3: