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Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings
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Pages: 0
Authors: T. A. Shippey
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Ever since Tolkien's famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem Beowulf is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This
Beowulf and Other Old English Poems
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Constance Hieatt
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-26 - Publisher: Bantam Classics

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Unique and beautiful, Beowulf brings to life a society of violence and honor, fierce warriors and bloody battles, deadly monsters and famous swords. Written by
Laughing Shall I Die
Language: en
Pages: 571
Authors: Tom Shippey
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

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Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last
Interpretations of Beowulf
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Robert D. Fulk
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-03-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Interpretations of Beowulf brings together over six decades of literary scholarship. Illustrating a variety of interpretative schools, the essays not only deal
The Origins of Beowulf
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Richard North
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-08 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the eald