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“Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”

Classic Readings on Monster Theory, 2018
allegorical homily in verse. Grendel inhabits the visible world and eats the flesh and blood of men; he enters their houses by the doors. The dragon wields a physical fire, and covets gold not souls; he is slain with iron in his belly.
J. Tolkien
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St. Beowulf: Hagiography and Heroic Identity in Beowulf

Studies in Philology
:Debates over the role of Christianity in Beowulf have not fully taken into account hagiographic models. Although saints' lives were among the first written materials to flourish in early medieval England, relatively little has been done to examine the ...
Peter Ramey
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Old Norse Influence on the Language of Beowulf: A Reassessment

Journal Of Germanic Linguistics, 2019
This article undertakes the first systematic examination of Frank’s (1979, 1981, 1987, 1990, 2007b, 2008) claim that Old Norse influence is discernible in the language of Beowulf.
Leonard Neidorf, Rafael J. Pascual
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Beowulf and the Appositive Style

Originally published in 1985, Fred T. Robinson's classic study asserts that the appositive style of Beowulf helps the poet communicate his Christian vision of pagan life.
F. Robinson
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Beowulf

2014
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Direct Speech in Beowulf and Other Old English Narrative Poems

English Studies, 2018
Can Old English poetry be interpreted by modern readers as if it were no more alien than literary works composed a decade or a century ago? Can we assume that the ironies, unities, ambiguities, and fine subtleties valued in modern literary culture were ...
Leonard Neidorf
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Foreshadowing the End in Beowulf

English Studies, 2018
In this article, I will reconsider the function and meaning of three connected instances of the word fyren, 879a, 915b, and 1744b. Each occurs in a passage in which a character offers Beowulf advice by comparing him to either Sigemund or Heremod. In each
E. Sebo
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Beowulf

2018
A brief discussion of the poem Beowulf.
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Beowulf

2005
The Old English heroic epic Beowulf, which is comprised of 3182 alliterated lines, was written in the 8th century. Beowulf is the oldest and only completely preserved Old Germanic epic. The new selected edition is a complete revision of the relevant edition by Martin Lehnert.
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Poems for the Women of Beowulf: A ‘Contemporary Medieval’ Project

postmedieval, 2022
L. Varnam
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