BeowulfHarold Bloom Chelsea House, 2007 - 280 sider Composed about CE 1000, Beowulf is the longest known poem written in Old English. Considered one of the great epics, the Anglo-Saxon saga relates the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf, who kills the man-eating monster Grendel, and the monster's mother. Containing touches of Christian and pagan symbolism, Beowulf is the source of many medieval and Renaissance legends. It also influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, and helped spawn the fantasy genre so popular today in literature and film. Arm students for immersion in the study of this mythic adventure with Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Newly updated, Beowulf includes full-length, interpretive essays that provide expert commentary, as well as introductions, a chronology, notes on the contributors, and a bibliography. |
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... suggesting is to read it as an exemplary specimen of the art of homo narrans , an art that has received much scrutiny ... suggest that Beowulf did much ideological work in its time . To be precise , we should not speak of this work as 56 ...
... suggesting is to read it as an exemplary specimen of the art of homo narrans , an art that has received much scrutiny ... suggest that Beowulf did much ideological work in its time . To be precise , we should not speak of this work as 56 ...
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... suggesting Wiglaf migrated to England after the destruction of his people . Some details in the text suggest that Wiglaf has the potential to be to the Geats what Scyld was to the Danes at the beginning of the poem . First , Wiglaf's ...
... suggesting Wiglaf migrated to England after the destruction of his people . Some details in the text suggest that Wiglaf has the potential to be to the Geats what Scyld was to the Danes at the beginning of the poem . First , Wiglaf's ...
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... suggest , in contrast , that an Anglo - Saxon poem about Geatish history may suggest the poet sees in English history , as Bede did , the possibility of a Christian empire uniting disparate peoples . WORKS CITED Andersson , Theodore M ...
... suggest , in contrast , that an Anglo - Saxon poem about Geatish history may suggest the poet sees in English history , as Bede did , the possibility of a Christian empire uniting disparate peoples . WORKS CITED Andersson , Theodore M ...
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The Structure and the Unity of Beowulf | 7 |
Succession and Glory in Beowulf | 21 |
Locating Beowulf in Literary History | 35 |
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