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Author Niles, John D.

Title Beowulf : the poem and its tradition / John D. Niles.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1983.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  829.3 B481YNI    Check Shelf
Description vi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The marvelous -- The art of the Germanic scop -- Latin Christian letters -- The Danes and the date -- Formula and formulaic system -- Compound diction -- Ring composition -- Barbaric style -- The dimension of time -- The narrator's voice -- The listening audience -- Reciprocity -- The controlling theme -- The fatal contradiction.
Subject Beowulf.
Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
Scandinavia -- In literature.
Monsters in literature.
Oral tradition -- England.
Dragons in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Indexed Term Poetry in Old English Beowulf - Critical studies
ISBN 0674067258 alkaline paper
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