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Beowulf : The Poem and Its Tradition / John D. Niles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Niles, John D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beowulf (anoniem).
- Dragons in literature.
- Englische Literatur.
- Heroes in literature.
- Literature.
- Monsters in literature.
- Oral tradition.
- Rhetoric, Medieval.
- Tradition orale.
- Anglo-Saxons.
- Beowulf.
- English literature--Old English, approximately 450-1100--History and criticism.
- Local Subjects:
- Anglo-Saxons.
- Beowulf.
- English literature--Old English, approximately 450-1100--History and criticism.
- Oral tradition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Beowulf".
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ( I ) CONTEXT
- 1. THE MARVELOUS
- 2. THE ART OF THE GERMANIC SCOP
- 3. LATIN CHRISTIAN LETTERS
- 4. THE DANES AND THE DATE
- ( II ) STYLE AND STRUCTURE
- 5. FORMULA AND FORMULAIC SYSTEM
- 6. COMPOUND DICTION
- 7. RING COMPOSITION
- 8. BARBARIC STYLE
- ( III ) INTERPRETĀTION
- 9. THE DIMENSION OF TIME
- 10. THE NARRATOR'S VOICE
- 11. THE LISTENING AUDIENCE
- 12. RECIPROCITY
- 13. THE CONTROLLING THEME
- 14. THE FATAL CONTRADICTION
- AFTERWORD: THE EXCELLENCE OF BEOWULF
- ABBREVIATIONS NOTES INDEX
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-18299-5
- OCLC:
- 1013937844
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