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The four funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem - Softcover

Owen-Crocker, Gale

 
9780719081217: The four funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719081211 ISBN 13: 9780719081217
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A groundbreaking work which produces many insights into this early masterpiece

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About the Author

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester

From the Back Cover

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.

From the Inside Flap

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.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719081211
ISBN 13 
9780719081217
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
272