The Four Funerals in Beowulf Paperback / softback
by Gale Owen-Crocker
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
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- ISBN:9780719081217
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:01/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780719081217