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The origins of Beowulf : from Vergil to Wiglaf /
'The Origins of Beowulf' suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. This study combines detective work with literary analysis to form a case that no future in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 'The Origins of Beowulf' suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. This study combines detective work with literary analysis to form a case that no future investigation will be able to ignore. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 368 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-345) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0191525731 9780191525735 9781429490009 1429490004 1281148954 9781281148957 9780191709807 0191709808 9786611148959 6611148957 |