Symbel Beowulfe : An Embedded Play [OPIA, 84]

Published by Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, Uppsala universitet, 2024

ISBN 10: 915063044X (ISBN 13: 9789150630442)

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96 pages : 25 cm. Probably quite late in the 7th century someone wrote down an Anglo-Saxon play about a feast. It was a historical play that seated its audience at a banquet that was held in the hall Heorot after Beowulf had vanquished Grendel: Symbel Beowulfe, A Feast for Beowulf. We can draw this conclusion because the poet who wrote the Beowulf epic annotated the play. He added verses between lines or in the middle of them. Had he wished to write a new epic he could have used the information in the play. Yet he insisted on quoting the original text except for one B versetwo perhaps offensive words. He embedded the original text as a source material and respected it as such. But he also took the liberty to misunderstand the play and inform his listeners of its dubious extravagance and character as well as its moral shortcomings and Judgement Day. The play is pagan; the poet Christian.

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Title
Symbel Beowulfe : An Embedded Play [OPIA, 84]
Author
Frands Herschend
Publisher
Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia, Uppsala universitet
Publication year
2024
Condition
New
Binding
Soft cover
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Archaeology, Literature, Scandinavia

Joseph Burridge Books

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