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020    9780773421691|q(ebook) 
035    (OCoLC)823380614|z(OCoLC)820123074 
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049    GTKE 
050  4 PR1587.M9 A53 2010 
082 04 811.00809757|a829.3 
100 1  Anderson, Earl R.,|d1943- 
245 10 Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European Epic :|ba Study 
       in Comparative Mythology. 
264  1 Lewiston :|bEdwin Mellen Press,|c2010. 
300    1 online resource (605 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Scyld, Beow, and the problem of hygelac -- Mythopoeia -- 
       Grendel and his mother -- Grendel's mere -- Æschere's 
       death and the problem of Hroǒgar -- Symbolic politics -- 
       Family charisma -- Rhetoric in an open text -- Allusion: 
       the semiotics of digression -- Battlefield typescenes -- 
       Wyrd, ellen, geuyld, and the heroic moment -- The dragon's
       treasure. 
520    This monograph is the first book-length comprehensive 
       textual analysis of the Beowulf saga as an Indo-European 
       epic. It provides a detailed reading of the epic in 
       conjunction with ancient legal and cultural practices that
       allow for a new understanding of this classic work. This 
       theoretical resource offers insights valuable to the 
       fields of comparative mythology, medieval literature and 
       Anglo-Saxon studies. 
588 0  Print version record. 
630 00 Beowulf. 
630 07 Beowulf.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01356023 
650  0 Epic poetry, English (Old)|xHistory and criticism. 
650  0 Mythology in literature. 
650  0 Mythology, Indo-European|vComparative studies. 
650  0 Comparative literature|xThemes, motives. 
650  7 LITERARY CRITICISM|xPoetry.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Comparative literature|xThemes, motives.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01735633 
650  7 Epic poetry, English (Old)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00913869 
650  7 Mythology in literature.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01031717 
650  7 Mythology, Indo-European.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01031832 
655  7 Comparative studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423767 
655  7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411635 
776 08 |iPrint version:|z9780773437555 
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