Chapter 1. 'Rude Beginning': 1705-1899
Chapter 2. 'Conflicting Babel': 1900-1931
Chapter 3. The Monsters Meet the Critics: the 1930s and 1940s
Chapter 4. The Debates Continue: the 1950s and 1960s
Chapter 5. Stock-taking: the 1970s
Chapter 6. Critics on the Crest of a Wave: the 1980s
Chapter 7. An Embarrassment of Critical Riches: the 1990s to the present
Chapter 8. Beowulf in Popular Culture