The late C. L. Wrenn was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. W. F. Bolton is Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University.

Few comprehensive discussions of the poem can equal Professor Wrenn’s introduction, in which the numerous complicated but necessary matters are explained in a brilliantly clear and readable fashion.

• Introduction 1. The Manuscript 2. The Title 3. The Text 4. Date and Place of Origin 5. Narrative Content 6. Verse-Technique 7. Structure and ThemeSelect BibliographyList of Abbreviations

The late C. L. Wrenn was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. W. F. Bolton is Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University.

Few comprehensive discussions of the poem can equal Professor Wrenn’s introduction, in which the numerous complicated but necessary matters are explained in a brilliantly clear and readable fashion.

• Introduction 1. The Manuscript 2. The Title 3. The Text 4. Date and Place of Origin 5. Narrative Content 6. Verse-Technique 7. Structure and ThemeSelect BibliographyList of Abbreviations

The late C. L. Wrenn was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. W. F. Bolton is Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University.

Few comprehensive discussions of the poem can equal Professor Wrenn’s introduction, in which the numerous complicated but necessary matters are explained in a brilliantly clear and readable fashion.

• Introduction 1. The Manuscript 2. The Title 3. The Text 4. Date and Place of Origin 5. Narrative Content 6. Verse-Technique 7. Structure and ThemeSelect BibliographyList of Abbreviations