| Description |
254 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The question of folktale elements in minor episodes -- The Finn episode: the prima facie evidence -- The distribution of Eoten- and Fres-/Frys- forms -- The fictive compatibility of Eotens 'giants' and frisians -- The blind motif: Hildeleoman 1143 -- The displaced motif: Grimne Gripe 1148 -- Lines 1131-37 as metaphor -- The Finn episode and its contexts -- Elegy and myth -- Daeghrefn and the Hugas -- Daeghrefn, the wrestling fight, and the sword -- The implications of Incgelaf -- Ongenpeow -- Connections. |
| Summary |
"Students of Beowulf have usually agreed either that the poem's minor episodes are more or less records of incidents in Scandinavian history or at least that they entail nothing of the fabulous or monstrous. Beowulf and the Illusion of History, however, argues that just as in the main episodes of the poem, monsters are present in certain minor episodes: the Finn Episode, the briefly mentioned fight of the hero with Daeghrefn, and (possibly) the accounts of the fight with Ongenpeow."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Beowulf.
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Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
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Folklore in literature.
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| ISBN |
9780980149661 (alk. paper) |
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0980149665 (alk. paper) |
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161146059X |
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9781611460599 |
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