The Four Funerals in Beowulf

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The Four Funerals in Beowulf
The Four Funerals in Beowulf
Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 02 May 2024
ISBN : 0719054974
Pages : 280 pages
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The Four Funerals in Beowulf by Gale R. Owen-Crocker Book PDF Summary

It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built. The poet is revealed as a literate antiquarian of considerable structural skill; one who explores feminist issues, plays with numbers and enjoys a pun; who establishes an ideal then probes its darker side.The author's unique knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture provides constant surprises and enlightenment. This book will be invaluable to all students of the poem for its fresh and detailed reading, its identification of a coherent structure and its establishment of the integrity of the surviving texts.

The Four Funerals in Beowulf

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals

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