Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European Epic : a Study in Comparative Mythology.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Earl R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Temas:
Beowulf.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Mythology in literature.
Mythology, Indo-European > Comparative studies.
Comparative literature > Themes, motives.
Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Mythologie dans la littérature.
Mythologie indo-européenne > Études comparatives.
Littérature comparée > Thèmes, motifs.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Mythology, Indo-European.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
Comparative studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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