Beowulf as children's literature / / Bruce Gilchrist
| Beowulf as children's literature / / Bruce Gilchrist |
| Autore | Gilchrist Bruce |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (318 pages) |
| Disciplina | 829/.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MizeBritt |
| Soggetto topico |
Children - Books and reading - History
Children's literature - History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Adaptations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc. History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Beowulf
Grendel Old English literature Old English poetry Tolkien adaptation children’s literature history of children’s literature medieval literature picture books storybooks translation |
| ISBN |
1-4875-1585-5
1-4875-1584-7 |
| Classificazione | cci1icc |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beowulf in and near Children's Literature -- 1. "A Little Shared Homer for England and the North": The First Beowulf for Young Readers -- 2. The Adaptational Character of the Earliest Beowulf for English Children: E.L. Hervey's "The Fight with the Ogre" -- 3. Tolkien, Beowulf, and Faërie: Adaptations for Readers Aged "Six to Sixty" -- 4. Treatments of Beowulf as a Source in Mid-Twentieth-Century Children's Literature -- 5. Visualizing Femininity in Children's and Illustrated Versions of Beowulf -- 6. What We See in the Grendel Cave: Manipulations of Perspective in Beowulf for Children -- 7. Beowulf, Bèi'àowǔfǔ, and the Social Hero -- 8. The Monsters and the Animals: Theriocentric Beowulfs -- 9. Children's Beowulfs for the New Tolkien Generation -- 10. The Practice of Adapting Beowulf for Younger Readers: A Conversation with Rebecca Barnhouse and James Rumford -- 11. Children's Versions of Beowulf: A Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838319003321 |
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The Nordic Beowulf / / Bo Gräslund
| The Nordic Beowulf / / Bo Gräslund |
| Autore | Gräslund Bo |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Disciplina | 829/.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | NaylorMartin |
| Collana | Medieval Media and Culture |
| Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History Literary criticism Literary criticism Critiques littéraires. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Eastern Sweden
Gotland Grendel Heorot Scandinavian epics Sutton Hoo geats |
| ISBN |
9781802700237
1802700234 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACES -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 THE ORIGINS OF THE POEM -- Chapter 3 SOME UNPROVEN PREMISES -- Chapter 4 DATING OF THE POEM -- Chapter 5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL DELIMINATION -- Chapter 6 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 1 -- Chapter 7 THE NAME GEATAS -- Chapter 8 OTHER LINKS TO EASTERN SWEDEN -- Chapter 9 ELEMENTS OF NON-CHRISTIAN THINKING -- Chapter 10 POETRY IN SCANDINAVIA -- Chapter 11 THE ORAL STRUCTURE OF THE POEM -- Chapter 12 RESULTS OF PRIMARY ANALYSIS, STEP 2 -- Chapter 13 GOTLAND -- Chapter 14 HEOROT -- Chapter 15 SWEDES AND GUTES -- Chapter 16 THE HORSEMEN AROUND BEOWULF’S GRAVE -- Chapter 17 SOME LINGUISTIC DETAILS -- Chapter 18 FROM SCANDINAVIA TO ENGLAND -- Chapter 19 TRANSMISSION AND WRITING DOWN IN ENGLAND -- Chapter 20 ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION -- Chapter 21 BEOWULF AND GUTA SAGA -- Chapter 22 CHRONOLOGY -- Chapter 23 RETROSPECTIVE SUMMARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910984621303321 |
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| Amsterdam : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2022 | ||
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