03243oam 2200685 a 450 991081310890332120240506023551.0979-84-00-62931-01-282-40624-897866124062490-313-02729-310.5040/9798400629310(CKB)1000000000807044(EBL)492381(OCoLC)181192315(SSID)ssj0000336013(PQKBManifestationID)11260771(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336013(PQKBWorkID)10278105(PQKB)11617656(Au-PeEL)EBL492381(CaPaEBR)ebr10347057(CaONFJC)MIL240624(MiAaPQ)EBC492381(DLC)BP9798400629310BC(EXLCZ)99100000000080704420240214e20052024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA companion to Beowulf /Ruth Johnston Staver1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,2005.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-313-33224-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-218) and index.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; IndexPerhaps 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, wDragons in literatureHandbooks, manuals, etcEpic poetry, English (Old)History and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcHeroes in literatureHandbooks, manuals, etcMonsters in literatureHandbooks, manuals, etcScandinaviaIn literatureHandbooks, manuals, etcDragons in literatureEpic poetry, English (Old)History and criticismHeroes in literatureMonsters in literature829/.3Staver Ruth Johnston1725945DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910813108903321A companion to Beowulf4131261UNINA