The Audience Of Beowulf
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The Audience Of Beowulf
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Author : Dorothy Whitelock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
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A Beowulf Handbook
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Author : Robert E. Bjork
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
A Beowulf Handbook written by Robert E. Bjork and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.
The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience, A Beowulf Handbook will be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.
Beowulf And The Illusion Of History
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Author : John F. Vickrey
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 2009
Beowulf And The Illusion Of History written by John F. Vickrey and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Literary Criticism categories.
Most Beowulf scholars have held either that the poems' minor episodes are more or less based on incidents in Scandinavian history or at least that they entail nothing of the fabulous or monstrous. Beowulf and the Illusion of History contends that, like the poem's Grendelkin episodes, certain minor episodes involve monsters and contain motifs of the "Bear's Son" folktale. In the Finn Episode the monsters are to be taken as physically present in the story as we have it, while in the mention of the hero's fight with Daeghrefn and perhaps in the accounts of the fight with Ongenbeow, the principal foes, though originally monsters, appear now more like ordinary humans. The inference permits the elucidation of passages hitherto obscure and indicates that the capability of the Beowulf poet as a "maker" is greater than has been thought. John F. Vickrey, is Professor of English, Emeritus, at Lehigh University.
Beowulf And Christianity
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Author : Mary A. Parker
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 1987
Beowulf And Christianity written by Mary A. Parker and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book explores the reasons for Christian stories and ideas in Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic poem that also describes pagan religious and burial practices. By examining historical, archaeological, and linguistic sources, Mary Parker evaluates the possibilities for Christian understanding on the part of the audience and Christian teaching on the part of the poet. These inquiries lead to an informed review of the critical literature on the Christianity in Beowulf. Finally the author looks at individual speakers in the poem and words they use that reveal Christian meaning. This multi-disciplinary summary and review concludes that the Christianity in Beowulf is a reflection of the society that produced it, a heroic society in transition toward the new Christian value system.
The Dynastic Drama Of Beowulf
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Author : Francis Leneghan
language : en
Publisher: D. S. Brewer
Release Date : 2022-05-02
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A strikingly original approach to Beowulf, linking its structure to the dynastic life-cycle.
The Art Of Beowulf
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Author : Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1959
The Art Of Beowulf written by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Beowulf categories.
Beowulf
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language : en
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Release Date : 2007
Beowulf written by and has been published by Wordsworth Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fiction categories.
Beowulf, a young warrior of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, in his time of need. He first fights the hellish Grendel, then struggles with Grendel's no less fearsome mother in her hall beneath the cold waters of the mere. More than fifty years later, he must face his final challenge in the shape of a huge dragon.
Interpretations Of Beowulf
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Author : Robert D. Fulk
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1991-03-22
Interpretations Of Beowulf written by Robert D. Fulk and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-03-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
Interpretations of Beowulf brings together over six decades of literary scholarship. Illustrating a variety of interpretative schools, the essays not only deal with most of the major issues of Beowulf criticism, including structure, style, genre, and theme, but also offer the sort of explanations of particular passages that are invaluable to a careful reading of a poem. This up-to-date collection of significant critical approaches fills a long-standing need for a companion volume for the study of the poem. Larger patterns in the history of Beowulf criticism are also traceable in the chronological order of the collection. The contributors are Theodore M. Andersson, Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, Jane Chance, Laurence N. de Looze, Margaret E. Goldsmith, Stanley B. Greenfield, Joseph Harris, Edward B. Irving, Jr., John Leyerle, Francis P. Magoun, Jr., M. B. McNamee, S. J., Bertha S. Phillpotts, John C. Pope, Richard N. Ringler, Geoffrey R. Russom, T. A. Shippey, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Beowulf
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Author : John D. Niles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Beowulf written by John D. Niles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Dynastic Drama Of Beowulf
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Author : Francis Leneghan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
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The original audience of Beowulf was steeped in ancient Scandinavian royal legend. But for modern readers of the poem, these traditions are frustratingly obscure and confusing.This book argues that Beowulf is a dynastic drama centred on the fortunes of three great royal houses, the Scyldings, Scylfings and Hrethlings. At the centre of the poem is the Geatish hero, whose adventures provide the link between these three dynasties. By unravelling the web of Scandinavian royal legends known to the work's original audience, the volume allows the modern reader to appreciate better the role of the monsters as portents of dynastic and national crises. It begins by offering a new interpretation of the work's structure based on the principle of the dynastic life-cycle, providing explanations for features of the poem that have never been satisfactorily explained, most famously its many digressions and episodes. Highlighting the work's often-overlooked originality, it then proposes that the poet created a fictionalized monster-slaying hero and inserted him into royal legend in order to dramatize specific moments of dynastic crisis. Finally, it brings into focus the poet's debt to biblical paradigms of kingship and considers how the Anglo-Saxons came to read Beowulf as their own Book of Kings.