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The four funerals in Beowulf

By (author) Gale Owen-Crocker

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built. The poet is revealed as a literate antiquarian of considerable structural skill; one who explores feminist issues, plays with numbers and enjoys a pun; who establishes an ideal then probes its darker side. The author's unique knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture provides constant surprises and enlightenment. This book will be invaluable to all students of the poem for its fresh and detailed reading, its identification of a coherent structure and its establishment of the integrity of the surviving texts. -- .

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Publisher | Manchester University Press
Published date | 1 Oct 2009
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 272
Dimensions | 216 x 138 x 16mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 354g
ISBN | 978-0-7190-8121-7
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BISAC | literary criticism / poetry

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