Beowulf and other Old English poems [[electronic resource] /] / edited and translated by Craig Williamson ; with a foreword by Tom Shippey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxi, 255 pages) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WilliamsonCraig <1943->
ShippeyT. A |
Collana | The Middle Ages Series |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism Dragons Monsters |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89725-3
0-8122-0440-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | On translating Old English poetry -- Beowulf -- The battle of Maldon -- Deor -- The wanderer -- The seafarer -- The wife's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- Selected Exeter Book riddles -- Maxims II (Cotton maxims) -- Charms -- The fortunes of men -- Cædmon's hymn -- Physiologus: panther and whale -- Vainglory -- Two advent lyrics -- The dream of the rood -- Appendix A: digressions -- battles, feuds, and family strife in Beowulf -- Appendix B: Genealogies in Beowulf -- Appendix C: two Scandinavian analogues of Beowulf -- Appendix D: Possible riddle solutions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463861503321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
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Beowulf and other Old English poems [[electronic resource] /] / edited and translated by Craig Williamson ; with a foreword by Tom Shippey |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxi, 255 pages) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WilliamsonCraig <1943->
ShippeyT. A |
Collana | The Middle Ages Series |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism Dragons Monsters |
Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural Studies
Literature Medieval and Renaissance Studies Poetry |
ISBN |
1-283-89725-3
0-8122-0440-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | On translating Old English poetry -- Beowulf -- The battle of Maldon -- Deor -- The wanderer -- The seafarer -- The wife's lament -- Wulf and Eadwacer -- Selected Exeter Book riddles -- Maxims II (Cotton maxims) -- Charms -- The fortunes of men -- Cædmon's hymn -- Physiologus: panther and whale -- Vainglory -- Two advent lyrics -- The dream of the rood -- Appendix A: digressions -- battles, feuds, and family strife in Beowulf -- Appendix B: Genealogies in Beowulf -- Appendix C: two Scandinavian analogues of Beowulf -- Appendix D: Possible riddle solutions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788580503321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
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Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England / / Helen Damico |
Autore | Damico Helen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Medieval European studies |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and literature - England - History - To 1500
English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism Anglo-Saxons - Intellectual life |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-938228-73-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: From history to vernacular epic -- The severed head: poetic image and historical text -- The Gifståìl and the Grendel-Kin -- Ãülfã¡fa in Rã¡ka and the English Konungamã³ã°ir -- Emma and Wealhtheow: female sovereignty and poetic discourse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460156003321 |
Damico Helen
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Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 | ||
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Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England / / Helen Damico |
Autore | Damico Helen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Medieval European studies |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and literature - England - History - To 1500
English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism Anglo-Saxons - Intellectual life |
ISBN |
1-938228-72-3
1-938228-73-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: From history to vernacular epic -- The severed head: poetic image and historical text -- The Gifståìl and the Grendel-Kin -- Ãülfã¡fa in Rã¡ka and the English Konungamã³ã°ir -- Emma and Wealhtheow: female sovereignty and poetic discourse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797050403321 |
Damico Helen
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Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 | ||
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Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England / / Helen Damico |
Autore | Damico Helen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (378 p.) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Medieval European studies |
Soggetto topico |
Politics and literature - England - History - To 1500
English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism Anglo-Saxons - Intellectual life |
ISBN |
1-938228-72-3
1-938228-73-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: From history to vernacular epic -- The severed head: poetic image and historical text -- The Gifståìl and the Grendel-Kin -- Ãülfã¡fa in Rã¡ka and the English Konungamã³ã°ir -- Emma and Wealhtheow: female sovereignty and poetic discourse. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819085603321 |
Damico Helen
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Morgantown : , : University of West Virginia Press, , 2015 | ||
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A companion to Beowulf [[electronic resource] /] / Ruth Johnston Staver |
Autore | Johnston Ruth A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Monsters in literature Dragons in literature Heroes in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-40624-8
9786612406249 0-313-02729-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; How to Use This Book; I Introduction to the Context of Beowulf; 2 Choosing a Translation; 3 The Hero Comes to Denmark; 4 Beowulf versus Grendel; 5 Beowulf versus Grendel's Mother; 6 Beowulf versus the Dragon; 7 Literary Techniques; 8 Placing Beowulf on a Timeline; 9 Language and Poetry; 10 Religion in Beowulf; 11 Anglo-Saxon Culture; 12 Modern Adaptations of Beowulf; 13 The Beowulfian World of J. R. R. Tolkien; Glossary of Names; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455215103321 |
Johnston Ruth A
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005 | ||
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A companion to Beowulf [[electronic resource] /] / Ruth Johnston Staver |
Autore | Johnston Ruth A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Monsters in literature Dragons in literature Heroes in literature |
ISBN |
1-282-40624-8
9786612406249 0-313-02729-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; How to Use This Book; I Introduction to the Context of Beowulf; 2 Choosing a Translation; 3 The Hero Comes to Denmark; 4 Beowulf versus Grendel; 5 Beowulf versus Grendel's Mother; 6 Beowulf versus the Dragon; 7 Literary Techniques; 8 Placing Beowulf on a Timeline; 9 Language and Poetry; 10 Religion in Beowulf; 11 Anglo-Saxon Culture; 12 Modern Adaptations of Beowulf; 13 The Beowulfian World of J. R. R. Tolkien; Glossary of Names; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778436903321 |
Johnston Ruth A
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005 | ||
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Cruces of Beowulf / / by Betty S. Cox |
Autore | Cox Betty S. |
Edizione | [Reprint 2015] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1971 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Studies in English Literature |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Monsters in literature Dragons in literature Heroes in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-168214-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HEAVEN FOR HEATHENS : OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY IN BEOWULF -- III. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTRAST AND ITS RELATION TO CRUCES OF BEOWULF -- IV. THE GIFSTOL AND THE ARK -- V. THE OLD ENGLISH SATAN AND GRENDEL'S MOTIVE -- VI. IDOLS, A RHYTHM, AND A COMPARISON -- VII. OLD ENGLISH POLONIUS -- VIII. FROM DANE TO GEAT, COMFORT TO COMFORT, FUNERAL TO FUNERAL -- IX. AFTERWORD -- X. BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162978403321 |
Cox Betty S.
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Cruces of Beowulf / / Betty S. Cox |
Autore | Cox Betty S. |
Edizione | [Reprint 2015] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1971 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Studies in English Literature |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Monsters in literature Dragons in literature Heroes in literature |
ISBN |
9783111682143
3-11-168214-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; List of abbreviations -- ; I. Introduction -- ; II. Heaven for heathens : Old Testament Christianity in Beowulf -- ; III. The principle of contrast and its relation to cruces of Beowulf -- ; IV. The Gifstol and the ark -- ; V. The Old English Satan and Grendel's motive -- ; VI. Idols, a rhythm, and a comparison -- ; VII. Old English Polonius -- ; VIII. From Dane to Geat, comfort to comfort, funeral to funeral -- ; IX. Afterword -- ; X. Bibliography -- ; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797456703321 |
Cox Betty S.
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The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1971 | ||
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Cruces of Beowulf / / Betty S. Cox |
Autore | Cox Betty S. |
Edizione | [Reprint 2015] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1971 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
Disciplina | 829/.3 |
Collana | Studies in English Literature |
Soggetto topico |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Monsters in literature Dragons in literature Heroes in literature |
ISBN |
9783111682143
3-11-168214-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; List of abbreviations -- ; I. Introduction -- ; II. Heaven for heathens : Old Testament Christianity in Beowulf -- ; III. The principle of contrast and its relation to cruces of Beowulf -- ; IV. The Gifstol and the ark -- ; V. The Old English Satan and Grendel's motive -- ; VI. Idols, a rhythm, and a comparison -- ; VII. Old English Polonius -- ; VIII. From Dane to Geat, comfort to comfort, funeral to funeral -- ; IX. Afterword -- ; X. Bibliography -- ; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819077803321 |
Cox Betty S.
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