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Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : Politics and Poetry in Eleventh-Century England.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wv Medieveal European StudiesPublisher: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (378 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781938228735
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beowulf and the Grendel-KinDDC classification:
  • 829/.3
LOC classification:
  • PR1586
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From History to Vernacular Epic -- 1. The Severed Head: Poetic Image and Historical Text -- 2. The Gifstōl and the Grendel-kin -- 3. Álfífa in ríka and the Beowulfian Konungamóðir -- 4. Emma and Wealhtheow: Female Sovereignty and Poetic Discourse -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From History to Vernacular Epic -- 1. The Severed Head: Poetic Image and Historical Text -- 2. The Gifstōl and the Grendel-kin -- 3. Álfífa in ríka and the Beowulfian Konungamóðir -- 4. Emma and Wealhtheow: Female Sovereignty and Poetic Discourse -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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