Beowulf Unlocked

Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements 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 Shifting 4.2.2 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 Relationships 4.5 Synthesis of Cluster Analysis of Beowulf 5 Interpretation of the Cluster Analysis 5.1 Groupings of Segments 5.2 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 Mother 5.5 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