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The Four Funerals in Beowulf : And the Structure of the Poem
The Four Funerals in Beowulf And the Structure of the Poem Author:Gale R. Owen-Crocker The old English poem "Beowulf" begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part of the 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 impo... more »rtance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built.« less