| Description |
1 online resource (605 pages) |
| Contents |
Scyld, Beow, and the problem of hygelac -- Mythopoeia -- Grendel and his mother -- Grendel's mere -- Æschere's death and the problem of Hroǒgar -- Symbolic politics -- Family charisma -- Rhetoric in an open text -- Allusion: the semiotics of digression -- Battlefield typescenes -- Wyrd, ellen, geuyld, and the heroic moment -- The dragon's treasure |
| Summary |
This monograph is the first book-length comprehensive textual analysis of the Beowulf saga as an Indo-European epic. It provides a detailed reading of the epic in conjunction with ancient legal and cultural practices that allow for a new understanding of this classic work. This theoretical resource offers insights valuable to the fields of comparative mythology, medieval literature and Anglo-Saxon studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Beowulf
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Beowulf fast |
| Subject |
Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism
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Mythology in literature.
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Mythology, Indo-European -- Comparative studies
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Comparative literature -- Themes, motives.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Comparative literature -- Themes, motives
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Epic poetry, English (Old)
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Mythology in literature
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Mythology, Indo-European
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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English Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Comparative studies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773421691 |
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0773421696 |
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