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Author:

Damico, Helen, author.

Title:

Beowulf and the Grendel-kin : politics & poetry in eleventh-century England / Helen Damico.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

West Virginia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiv, 345 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Beowulf--Criticism, Textual.
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.
Beowulf.
Anglo-Saxons--Intellectual life.
English poetry--Old English.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Politics and literature.
England.
To 1500
Beowulf.
Zeithintergrund.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

Medieval European studies ; XVI

ISBN:

1938228715
9781938228711

OCLC:

(OCoLC)880461749

LCCN:

2014029377

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)