The cultural world in Beowulf / / John M. Hill
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Hill John M. <1946->
|
| Titolo: |
The cultural world in Beowulf / / John M. Hill
|
| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1995 |
| ©1995 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 829.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism |
| Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature | |
| Literature and anthropology - England | |
| Civilization, Germanic | |
| Culture in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Feud Settlements in Beowulf -- 2 The Temporal World in Beowulf -- 3 The Jural World in Beowulf -- 4 The Economy of Honour in Beowulf -- 5 The Psychological World in Beowulf -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The cultural world in Beowulf |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-5561-5 |
| 1-4426-2303-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787486303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Anthropological horizons ; 6.