03432nam 2200709 a 450 991046565250332120200520144314.01-281-14895-41-4294-9000-497866111489590-19-152573-1(CKB)2560000000295968(EBL)415932(OCoLC)476245831(SSID)ssj0000216431(PQKBManifestationID)11190239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216431(PQKBWorkID)10195127(PQKB)10059130(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076767(MiAaPQ)EBC415932(Au-PeEL)EBL415932(CaPaEBR)ebr10271657(CaONFJC)MIL114895(EXLCZ)99256000000029596820060710d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origins of Beowulf[electronic resource] from Vergil to Wiglaf /Richard NorthOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (387 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920661-9 0-19-170980-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Beowulf and Wiglaf; 2. Dynastic Innovation in Beowulf; 3. Vergil and the Monastery in Beowulf; 4. Ingeld's Rival: Beowulf and Aeneas; 5. 'Quid Hinieldus?' Bishop Unwona and Friends; 6. Beowulf and the Library at Breedon on the Hill; 7. The King's Soul: Danish Mythology in Beowulf; 8. 'Thryth' and the Reign of Offa; 9. Hygelac and Beowulf: Cenwulf and Beornwulf; 10. King Wiglaf and Eanmundes laf; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis fascinating study suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem <i>Beowulf</i> was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet as Eanmund, abbot of Breedon. - ;This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of BreedKings and rulers in literatureEpic poetry, English (Old)History and criticismWiglaf (Legendary character)Mythology, Norse, in literatureCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literatureMercia (Kingdom)In literatureEast Anglia (England)In literatureElectronic books.Kings and rulers in literature.Epic poetry, English (Old)History and criticism.Wiglaf (Legendary character)Mythology, Norse, in literature.Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.829/.3North Richard1961-872017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465652503321The origins of Beowulf1946907UNINA