LEADER 04014nam 2200781 450 001 9910821442903321 005 20231206224803.0 010 $a1-4426-9194-8 010 $a1-4426-8867-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442688674 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019314 035 $a(OCoLC)635459151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381978 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478606 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330672 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478606 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434535 035 $a(PQKB)11228516 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430821 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224338 035 $a(DE-B1597)465395 035 $a(OCoLC)944176658 035 $a(OCoLC)999374169 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442688674 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672639 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258296 035 $a(OCoLC)958516467 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3ntpdq 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672639 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268195 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019314 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe narrative pulse of Beowulf $earrivals and departures /$fJohn M. Hill 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (133 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Old English Series ;$v17 311 $a1-4426-1087-5 311 $a0-8020-9329-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aOne of the most consistent critiques levelled against Beowulf is that it lacks a steady narrative advance and that its numerous digressions tend to complicate if not halt the poem's movement. As those passages often look backward or far ahead in narrative time, they seem to transform the poem into a meditative pastiche. The Narrative Pulse of Beowulf counters this assertion, examining Beowulf as a social drama with a strong, forward-moving narrative momentum.John M. Hill discerns a distinctive 'narrative pulse' arising out of the poem's many scenes of arrival and departure. He argues that such scenes, far from being fixed or 'type' scenes, are socially dramatic and a key to understanding the structural density of the poem. Bolstering his analysis with a strong understanding of the epic, Hill looks at Beowulf in relation to other stories such as The Odyssey and The Iliad, epics that, though they may appear to have a certain narrative elasticity, use scenes of arrival and departure to create a cohesive social world in which stories unfold. As a new and comprehensive study of one of the most important Old English texts, The Narrative Pulse of Beowulf sheds new light on this famous poem and the epic tradition itself. 410 0$aToronto Old English series ;$v17. 606 $aEpic poetry, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDiscourse analysis, Narrative 608 $aCritiques litteraires. 608 $aLiterary criticism. 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $aLiterary criticism. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEpic poetry, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDiscourse analysis, Narrative. 676 $a829/.3 686 $a18.05$2bcl 700 $aHill$b John M.$f1946-$01654690 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821442903321 996 $aThe narrative pulse of Beowulf$94006691 997 $aUNINA