Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-220) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1: Reciprocity in death -- Chapter 2: Beowulf and Holofernes -- Chapter 3: Death in the chronicle tradition -- Chapter 4: The wages of tyranny -- Chapter 5: The fall of Arcite -- Chapter 6: Sir Gawain's near-death experience -- Chapter 7: The death of Arthur -- Conclusion.
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