"The book ... provides the first comprehensive literary and historical re-examination of the poem in over thirty years and the first complete textual study and edition in nearly seventy ... it also offer new critical texts ... This print volume ... contains the complete introductory study and essential versions of the critical and diplomatic texts; the accompanying CD-ROM ... supplements the text ... with colour digital facsimiles and interactive tools": p. i

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and indexes

System requirements for CD-ROM: modern Internet browser capable of displaying unicode characters (Doczilla; Firefox; Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 5.5+ (version 6 preferred); Netscape Navigator, version 6+ (7+ preferred); Opera, version 6+; Safari (Macintosh OS X+ only)), Peter Baker's Junicode TrueType font (included on CD-ROM)