1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003072850403321

Titolo

Etude en vue d'une amélioration des statistiques du transport aérien à l'usage des Communautés Européennes / Klaus Möller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.n.t.

Descrizione fisica

90 p., annexe ; 30 cm

Disciplina

H/3.6

O/1.2430

Locazione

SES

Collocazione

Dep H/3.6 ETU

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455215103321

Autore

Johnston Ruth A

Titolo

A companion to Beowulf [[electronic resource] /] / Ruth Johnston Staver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-40624-8

9786612406249

0-313-02729-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

829/.3

Soggetti

Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism

Monsters in literature

Dragons in literature

Heroes in literature

Electronic books.

Scandinavia In literature Handbooks, manuals, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; How to Use This Book; I Introduction to the Context of Beowulf; 2 Choosing a Translation; 3 The Hero Comes to Denmark; 4 Beowulf versus Grendel; 5 Beowulf versus Grendel's Mother; 6 Beowulf versus the Dragon; 7 Literary Techniques; 8 Placing Beowulf on a Timeline; 9 Language and Poetry; 10 Religion in Beowulf; 11 Anglo-Saxon Culture; 12 Modern Adaptations of Beowulf; 13 The Beowulfian World of J. R. R. Tolkien; Glossary of Names; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Perhaps the most important work written in Old English, Beowulf grew out of a culture very different from ours, and yet its story of war, violence, and heroism remains relevant to modern readers. Accessible to high school students, general readers, and undergraduates, this companion overviews the poem and its legacy. The initial chapters review the plot of Beowulf, while later chapters discuss its style and language, its cultural and historical contexts, and its afterlife in contemporary popular culture.||The first part of the book provides information of interest to a wide range of readers, w