The cultural world in Beowulf /

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Beowulf is one of the most important poems in Old English and the first major poem in a European vernacular language. It dramatizes behaviour in a complex social world - a martial, aristocratic world that we often distort by imposing on it our own biases and values. In this cross-disciplinary study,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, John M., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Series:Anthropological horizons.
Subjects:
Beowulf.
Beowulf
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Literature and anthropology > England.
Civilization, Germanic.
Culture in literature.
Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la littérature.
Littérature et anthropologie > Angleterre.
Civilisation germanique.
Culture dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature
Civilization, Germanic
Culture in literature
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Literature and anthropology
Kultur
Epiek.
Cultuur.
Angelsaksen.
Germanen.
Beowulf (anoniem)
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1 Feud Settlements in Beowulf
  • 2 The Temporal World in Beowulf
  • 3 The Jural World in Beowulf
  • 4 The Economy of Honour in Beowulf
  • 5 The Psychological World in Beowulf
  • Conclusion.

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