LEADER 04076nam 2200685 450 001 9910459685603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-2303-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442623033 035 $a(CKB)3710000000329260 035 $a(EBL)3296790 035 $a(CEL)449430 035 $a(OCoLC)903421512 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00235477 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3296790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669955 035 $a(DE-B1597)465630 035 $a(OCoLC)944178883 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442623033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256469 035 $a(OCoLC)958512143 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000329260 100 $a20160920h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cultural world in Beowulf /$fJohn M. Hill 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 225 1 $aAnthropological Horizons ;$v6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7438-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter One. Feud Settlements in Beowulf -- $tChapter Two. The Temporal World in Beowulf -- $tChapter Three. The Jural World in Beowulf -- $tChapter Four. The Economy of Honour in Beowulf -- $tChapter Five. The Psychological World in Beowulf -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aBeowulf is one of the most important poems in Old English and the first major poem in European vernacular language. It dramatizes behavior in a complex social world?a martial, aristocratic world that we often distort by imposing on it our own biases and values. In this cross-disciplinary study, John Hill looks at Beowulf from a comparative ethnological point of view. He provides a thorough examination of the socio-cultural dimensions of the text and compares the social milieu of Beowulf to that of similarly organized cultures. Through examination of historical analogs in northern Europe and France, as well as past and present societies on the Pacific rim in Southeast Asia, a complex and extended society is uncovered and an astonishingly different Beowulf is illuminated.The study is divided into five major essays: on ethnology and social drama, the temporal world, the legal world, the economy of honour, and the psychological world. Hill presents a realm where genealogies incorporate social and political statements: in this world gift giving has subtle and manipulative dimensions, both violent and peaceful exchange form a political economy, acts of revenge can be baleful or have jural force, and kinship is as much a constructible fact as a natural one. Family and kinship relations, revenge themes, heroic poetry, myth, legality, and political discussions all bring the importance of the social institutions in Beowulf to the foreground, allowing for a fuller understanding of the poems and its implications for Anglo-Saxon society. 410 0$aAnthropological horizons ;$t6. 606 $aEpic poetry, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature 606 $aLiterature and anthropology$zEngland 606 $aCivilization, Germanic 606 $aCulture in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEpic poetry, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and anthropology 615 0$aCivilization, Germanic. 615 0$aCulture in literature. 676 $a829.3 700 $aHill$b John M.$f1946-$0919276 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459685603321 996 $aThe cultural world in Beowulf$92204311 997 $aUNINA