The Mode and Meaning of 'Beowulf'
In this important contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies Dr Goldsmith presents a fully elaborated and documented interpretation of Beowulf based on the original theories which she has put forward in recent years and which have aroused considerable interest and controversy in scholarly circles. Her view of the poem as the product of a marriage of cultural traditions, a historical epic with allegorical significance, is developed in the context of a close analysis of the doctrinal and literary environment prevailing during the period A.D. 650-800, within which composition is placed. Dr Goldsmith seeks to show that the poem has a unified and coheren…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4725-1194-2
- EAN: 9781472511942
- Produktnummer: 17036317
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 282 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 15'754 KB
Über den Autor
Margaret E. Goldsmith was Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol.
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