“A Fine Old Tale of Adventure”: Beowulf told to the children of the english race, 1898–1908

When publishers started marketing the tale of Beowulf to a large audience of children (and adults) in the 1880s, they capitalized on the aura of the Middle Ages by selling editions with golden titles, decorated initials and reproductions of medieval drawings. The medievalizing aspect of these childr...

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Main Author: Lise Jaillant
Format: Default Article
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20554
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