Heroic identity in the world of Beowulf /

Heroic identity in the world of Beowulf /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gwara, Scott, 1962-
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Description:	xi, 419 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts, 0925-7683 ; v. 2
Subject:	Beowulf. Beowulf. Heroic virtue in literature. Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism. Heroes in literature. Epic poetry, English (Old) Heroes in literature. Heroic virtue in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7539032

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ISBN:	9789004171701 (alk. paper) 9004171703 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-396) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Abbreviations
Introduction A Contested Beowulf
Chapter 1. The Wisdom Context of the Sigemund-Heremod and Hunfer$$ Digressions
Chapter 2. The Foreign Beowulf and the "Fight at Finnsburh"
Chapter 3. The Rhetoric of Oferhygd in Hro$$gar's "Sermon"
Chapter 4. Beowulf's Dragon Fight and the Appraisal of Oferhygd
Chapter 5. King Beowulf and Ealdormonn Byrhtno$$
Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices
Index of Passages Cited from Old English Verse Texts
Index of Old English Words, Affixes, and Collocations Discussed
Index of Latin and Greek Words and Collocations Discussed
Index of Old Icelandic Terms Discussed
General Index