Heroic identity in the world of Beowulf:
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Main Author: Gwara, Scott 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Series:Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts 2
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
DE-188
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-396) and indexes
A contested Beowulf -- The wisdom context of the Sigemund-Heremond and Hunferð digressions -- The foreign Beowulf and the "Fight at Finnsburh" -- The rhetoric of Oferhygd in Hroðgar's "sermon" -- Beowulf's dragon fight and the appraisal of Oferhygd -- King Beowulf and Ealdormonn Byrhtnoð
In exploring the identities of foreign fighters seeking glory abroad, this revisionist book challenges the traditional view of Beowulf as a 'hero', who emphasizes the obligations attending excellence and the temptation of power, both personal and civic
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 419 S.)
ISBN:9789047425021
9047425022
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004171701.i-420

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