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Beowulf and old Germanic metre /

This 1998 book is a clear and accessible account of early Germanic alliterative verse which explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. There are differences of poetic style between Beowulf and the otherwise similar verse of ancient Scandinavia and continental Europe. Such distinctions...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Russom, Geoffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 23.
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Online Access:Texto completo