| Description |
xix, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Wyrd and providence in Anglo-Saxon thought / Bertha S. Phillpotts -- Beowulf : the monsters and the critics / J. R. R. Tolkien -- Oral-formulaic character of Anglo-Saxon narrative poetry / Francis P. Magoun, Jr. -- Variation / Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur -- Beowulf : an allegory of salvation? / M. B. McNamee -- Christian perspective in Beowulf / Margaret E. Goldsmith -- Geatish history : poetic art and epic quality in Beowulf / Stanley B. Greenfield -- Him seo wen geleah : the design for irony in Grendel's last visit to Heorot / Richard N. Ringler -- Interlace structure of Beowulf / John Leyerle -- Text of fate / Edward B. Irving, Jr. -- Ironic background / T. A. Shippey. |
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Artful avoidance of the useful phrase in Beowulf, The battle of Maldon, and Fates of the apostles / Geoffrey R. Russom -- Tradition and design in Beowulf / Theodore M. Andersson -- Beowulf in literary history / Joseph Harris -- Frame narratives and fictionalization : Beowulf as narrator / Laurence N. De Looze -- Grendels' mother as epic anti-type of the virgin and queen / Jane Chance -- Beowulf 505, "gehedde", and the pretensions of Unferth / John C. Pope. |
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Beowulf.
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Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
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Scandinavia -- In literature.
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Monsters in literature.
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Dragons in literature.
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Heroes in literature.
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| Added Author |
Fulk, R. D. (Robert Dennis)
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| ISBN |
0253206391 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0253324378 (alk. paper) |
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