| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 419 pages). |
| Series |
Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; v. 2 |
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Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 2.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-396) and indexes. |
| Contents |
A contested Beowulf -- The wisdom context of the Sigemund-Heremond and Hunferð digressions -- The foreign Beowulf and the "Fight at Finnsburh" -- The rhetoric of Oferhygd in Hroðgar's "sermon" -- Beowulf's dragon fight and the appraisal of Oferhygd -- King Beowulf and Ealdormonn Byrhtnoð. |
| Summary |
In exploring the identities of foreign fighters seeking glory abroad, this revisionist book challenges the traditional view of Beowulf as a 'hero', who emphasizes the obligations attending excellence and the temptation of power, both personal and civic. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Beowulf.
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Beowulf. (OCoLC)fst01356023
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Heroic virtue in literature.
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Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
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Heroes in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Epic poetry, English (Old) (OCoLC)fst00913869
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Heroes in literature. (OCoLC)fst00955583
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Heroic virtue in literature. (OCoLC)fst00955596
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Fornengelsk poesi.
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Hjältediktning.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gwara, Scott, 1962- Heroic identity in the world of Beowulf. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004171701 (DLC) 2008040583 (OCoLC)253638564 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004171701.i-420 doi |
| ISBN |
9789047425021 (electronic bk.) |
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9047425022 (electronic bk.) |
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