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Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon
'Beowulf' as Metaphor
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Alvin Lee
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English
Published/Copyright:
1998
About this book
The aim of Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon is to re-create as fully as possible for modern readers the original force of the poetic language of Beowulf.
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Lee Alvin :
Alvin A. Lee is a professor emeritus in the Department of English at McMaster University, a research associate at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, and general editor of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
1 - Part I: Modes of Imagining and the Workings of Words
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1. Wunder æfter Wundre: Modes of Imagining
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2. Word O∂̆er Fand: The Inwardness of Kennings
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3. Þry∂̆word Sprecen: The Language of Myth and Metaphor
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4. Ealdgesegena Worn Gemunde: Memory and Identity
114 - Part II: Structure and Meaning
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5. Fyr on Flode: War against the Creation
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6. Swa Sceal Man Don: Germanic Tales and Christian Myths
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7. Heold on Heahgesceap: The Structure of the Poem, the Heroic Theme, and the Shape of the Hero's Life
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8. Nu Is Wilgeofa ... Dea∂̆bedde Fæst: Tragedy and the Limits of Heroism
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Conclusion
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
December 18, 1998
eBook ISBN:
9781442675407
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Main content:
328
eBook ISBN:
9781442675407
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
