Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European epic

a study in comparative mythology

Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European epi ...
Earl R. Anderson, Earl R. Ande ...
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Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European epic

a study in comparative mythology

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Edwin Mellen Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Scyld, Beow, and the problem of hygelac
Mythopoeia
Grendel and his mother
Grendel's mere
Aschere's death and the problem of Hrogar
Symbolic politics
Family charisma
Rhetoric in an open text
Allusion: the semiotics of digression
Battlefield typescenes
Wyrd, Ellen, Geuyld, and the heroic moment
The dragon's treasure.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lewiston, N.Y
Genre
Comparative studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811.008/09757
Library of Congress
PR1587.M9 A53 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24098758M
ISBN 10
077343755X
ISBN 13
9780773437555
LCCN
2010004364
OCLC/WorldCat
521744824

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15091584W

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