Understanding Beowulf As an Indo-European Epic: A Study in Comparative Mythology
by Earl R. Anderson
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This monograph is the first book-length comprehensive textual analysis of the Beowulf saga as an Indo-European epic. It provides a detailed reading of the epic in conjunction with ancient legal and cultural practices that allow for a new understanding of this classic work. This theoretical resource offers insights valuable to the fields of comparative mythology, medieval literature and Anglo-Saxon studies.Tags
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Earl R. Anderson is a professor emeritus and a former dean of Arts Sciences at Cleveland State University. He has published books on Cynewulf, Beowulf and semantics in literature. He lives in Concord, North Carolina.
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Fiction and Literature, Poetry
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- 811.00809757 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author} Modified standard subdivisions Collections of literary texts Collections of literary texts displaying specific features or emphasizing specific subjects, for or by specific groups of people Poetry for and by groups of people with specific attributes, residents of specific areas Poetry for and by residents of North America
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- PR1587 .M9 .A53 — Language and Literature English English Literature Anglo-Saxon literature
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