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This is not a book about what Beowulf means but how it means and how the reader participates in the process of meaning construction; to this end, it is a bringi
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Authors: Robert E. Bjork
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-01-01 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

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The most revered work composed in Old English,Beowulfis one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major
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Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and hist
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Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-se
Biblical Paradigms in Medieval English Literature
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This book examines the intricate and unusual relationship between the sacred and secular spheres of English medieval culture, positing that the assimilation of