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Thinking About Beowulf
Thinking About Beowulf
Author: James W. Earl
Bringing contemporary critical theory to bear on Beowulf, the author explores the literary originality of a poem often treated as oral and traditional. He grounds his work in three axioms about Beowulf. First, the poem cannot be dated with certainty and must be considered a portrait of an imaginary society. Second, the epic, a long narrative poe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804717007
ISBN-10: 0804717001
Pages: 204
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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