The four funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem - Softcover

Owen-Crocker, Gale

 
9780719081217: The four funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719081211 ISBN 13: 9780719081217
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2009

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A groundbreaking work which produces many insights into this early masterpiece

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built. The poet is revealed as a literate antiquarian of considerable structural skill; one who explores feminist issues, plays with numbers and enjoys a pun; who establishes an ideal then probes its darker side.

The author's unique knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture provides constant surprises and enlightenment. This book will be invaluable to all students of the poem for its fresh and detailed reading, its identification of a coherent structure and its establishment of the integrity of the surviving texts.

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built. The poet is revealed as a literate antiquarian of considerable structural skill; one who explores feminist issues, plays with numbers and enjoys a pun; who establishes an ideal then probes its darker side.The author's unique knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture provides constant surprises and enlightenment. This book will be invaluable to all students of the poem for its fresh and detailed reading, its identification of a coherent structure and its establishment of the integrity of the surviving texts.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719081211
ISBN 13 
9780719081217
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
274
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