The Four Funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the PoemManchester University Press, 2000 - 264 pages 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. |
Table des matières
Scyld Scefings ship of death | 11 |
the cremation of Hildeburgs kin | 43 |
the Last Survivors lament | 61 |
Beowulfs complex obsequies | 85 |
Classicising the past | 114 |
Rings and fitts | 133 |
the inner | 158 |
the outer | 178 |
the funerals | 202 |
three movements and a coda | 217 |
Conclusions | 234 |
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The Four Funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem Gale R. Owen-Crocker Affichage d'extraits - 2000 |
The Four Funerals in Beowulf: And the Structure of the Poem Gale R. Owen-Crocker Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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