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Beowulf and the North before the Vikings /
Ever since Tolkien's famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem Beowulf is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This book challenges that view, and argues that the poem provides a plausible, detailed, and consistent vision of pre-Viking history which...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leeds :
Arc Humanities Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | Past imperfect (ARC Humanities Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : fantasy or history?
- Poetry and archaeology
- Old legend, new reality
- The bigger picture
- The non-national epic.