04014nam 2200781 450 991082144290332120231206224803.01-4426-9194-81-4426-8867-X10.3138/9781442688674(CKB)2550000000019314(OCoLC)635459151(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381978(SSID)ssj0000478606(PQKBManifestationID)11330672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478606(PQKBWorkID)10434535(PQKB)11228516(CaPaEBR)430821(CaBNvSL)slc00224338(DE-B1597)465395(OCoLC)944176658(OCoLC)999374169(DE-B1597)9781442688674(Au-PeEL)EBL4672639(CaPaEBR)ebr11258296(OCoLC)958516467(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3ntpdq(MiAaPQ)EBC4672639(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106197(MiAaPQ)EBC3268195(EXLCZ)99255000000001931420160923h20082008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe narrative pulse of Beowulf arrivals and departures /John M. HillToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2008.©20081 online resource (133 p.) Toronto Old English Series ;171-4426-1087-5 0-8020-9329-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Narrative Pulse of Beowulf: Arrivals and Departures -- Beowulf's Sudden Arrival and Danish Challenges: Nothing Said Is Merely a Formality -- The Arrival of Joy after Grendel's Departure, and a Momentous Question: Succession or Not? -- Beowulf's Homecoming with 'Celeritas' and Loyalty -- The Dragon's Arrival and Beowulf's Two Departures: Deep Luck Runs Out -- Conclusion.One of the most consistent critiques levelled against Beowulf is that it lacks a steady narrative advance and that its numerous digressions tend to complicate if not halt the poem's movement. As those passages often look backward or far ahead in narrative time, they seem to transform the poem into a meditative pastiche. The Narrative Pulse of Beowulf counters this assertion, examining Beowulf as a social drama with a strong, forward-moving narrative momentum.John M. Hill discerns a distinctive 'narrative pulse' arising out of the poem's many scenes of arrival and departure. He argues that such scenes, far from being fixed or 'type' scenes, are socially dramatic and a key to understanding the structural density of the poem. Bolstering his analysis with a strong understanding of the epic, Hill looks at Beowulf in relation to other stories such as The Odyssey and The Iliad, epics that, though they may appear to have a certain narrative elasticity, use scenes of arrival and departure to create a cohesive social world in which stories unfold. As a new and comprehensive study of one of the most important Old English texts, The Narrative Pulse of Beowulf sheds new light on this famous poem and the epic tradition itself.Toronto Old English series ;17.Epic poetry, English (Old)History and criticismDiscourse analysis, NarrativeCritiques litteraires.Literary criticism.Criticism, interpretation, etc.Literary criticism.Electronic books. Epic poetry, English (Old)History and criticism.Discourse analysis, Narrative.829/.318.05bclHill John M.1946-1654690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821442903321The narrative pulse of Beowulf4006691UNINA