Beowulf Unlocked: New Evidence from Lexomic Analysis
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Book Overview
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of FiguresAcknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Lexomic Methods
2.1 Hierarchical Agglomerative Cluster Analysis
2.2 Interpreting Dendrogram Geometries
3 Text Preparation of Beowulf
3.1 Text Preparation: Orthography
3.2 Text Preparation: Edition and Text
4 Cluster Analysis of Beowulf
4.1 Identifying Segment Boundaries: Screening
4.2 Identifying Segment Boundaries in the A-Scribe Text
4.2.1 Finding Robust Geometries Using Shifting4.2.2 Hinting Segment Boundaries
4.2.3 Finding Robust Geometries Using Blending
4.2.4 Segment Boundaries for the A-Scribe Dendrogram
4.2.5 Analysis of the A-Scribe Dendrogram
4.3 Identifying Segment Boundaries in the B-Scribe Text
4.3.1 Screening the B-Scribe Text
4.3.2 Identifying Segments in the B-Scribe Text
4.4 Analysis of the A-Scribe and B-Scribe Texts Together
4.4.1 Segment J
4.4.2 Blending and Deleting to Determine In-Clade Relationships4.5 Synthesis of Cluster Analysis of Beowulf
5 Interpretation of the Cluster Analysis
5.1 Groupings of Segments5.2 High-Level Similarities and Differences
5.3 Interwoven Discourses
5.4 Sources
5.4.1 Unferth and Breca
5.4.2 Finnsburg and Danish History
5.4.3 The Fights with Grendel and Grendel's Mother5.5 Structure
5.5.1 Two- and Three-Part Structures
5.5.2 Alternate Structures
5.6 Implications for Authorship Hypotheses
5.7 Implications for Dating
6 Conclusions Drawn from Cluster Analysis
Bibliography
Index
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