LEADER 03748nam 2200649 450 001 9910813477403321 005 20230912135900.0 010 $a1-281-99556-8 010 $a9786611995560 010 $a1-4426-7680-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442676800 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004164 035 $a(OCoLC)244767481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218940 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301981 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11261698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301981 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10265832 035 $a(PQKB)11353081 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00213293 035 $a(DE-B1597)464619 035 $a(OCoLC)944178023 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442676800 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671683 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257385 035 $a(OCoLC)958579385 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/840fc7 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/7/421036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671683 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255035 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004164 100 $a20160921h19981998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe long arm of coincidence $ethe frustrated connection between Beowulf and Grettis saga /$fMagnu?s Magnu?s 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1998. 210 4$d©1998 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-8128-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Determining Analogous and Genetically Related Material -- $t2. The Making of Heroes and Monsters -- $t3. The Hero's Fight against the Monsters -- $t4. A Sword by Any Other Name -- $t5. Hell and High Water -- $t6. The English Hypothesis -- $t7. Panzer's 'Bear's Son' Thesis -- $t8. The Common Origin Theory -- $t9. The Big Bang Theory -- $t10. A Saga Author Shops Around: The Eclectic Composition of the Glamr and Sandhaugar Episodes -- $t11. Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aScholars in Old Norse and Old English studies have for years sought to find connections between Beowulf and Grettis saga, despite great differences in the composition, time period, and country of origin of the two works. Based on some striking surface similarities, the assumption of kinship, or genetically related analogues, has inspired scholars to make more and more daring conjectures regarding the actual relationship between the two works. Magnús Fjalldal has written a lively challenge to those notions, carefully demonstrating how even tangential resemblances that at one point would have been considered questionable, have become progressively assimilated into mainstream Old English and Old Norse scholarship. The author?s refutations are closely tied to the primary texts, and he makes constructive and plausible suggestions of his own as to how the apparent parallels could have arisen in two texts so separated by time, culture, and geography.Passionately and engagingly written, occasionally forceful, The Long Arm of Coincidence successfully reopens a classic argument in Old Norse and Old English studies, and will be sure to provoke strong reactions on both sides of this question. 606 $aMythology, Norse, in literature 615 0$aMythology, Norse, in literature. 676 $a829/.3 700 $aFjalldal$b Magnu?s$0566186 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813477403321 996 $aThe long arm of coincidence$94075853 997 $aUNINA