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The origins of Beowulf from Vergil to Wiglaf /
'The Origins of Beowulf' suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. This study combines detective work with literary analysis to form a case that no future in...
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| Formatua: | eBook |
| Hizkuntza: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Click here to view full text |
| Gaia: | 'The Origins of Beowulf' suggests that the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. This study combines detective work with literary analysis to form a case that no future investigation will be able to ignore. |
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| Alearen deskribapena: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Deskribapen fisikoa: | 1 online resource (xviii, 368 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191709807 (ebook) : |