The Origins of Beowulf : From Vergil to Wiglaf.
Title:
The Origins of Beowulf : From Vergil to Wiglaf.
Author:
North, Richard.
ISBN:
9780191525735
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (387 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Beowulf and Wiglaf -- 2. Dynastic Innovation in Beowulf -- 3. Vergil and the Monastery in Beowulf -- 4. Ingeld's Rival: Beowulf and Aeneas -- 5. 'Quid Hinieldus?' Bishop Unwona and Friends -- 6. Beowulf and the Library at Breedon on the Hill -- 7. The King's Soul: Danish Mythology in Beowulf -- 8. 'Thryth' and the Reign of Offa -- 9. Hygelac and Beowulf: Cenwulf and Beornwulf -- 10. King Wiglaf and Eanmundes laf -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This fascinating study 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. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet as Eanmund, abbot of Breedon.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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