Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England /
Damico, Helen,
Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England / Helen Damico. - 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table. - Medieval European studies ; XVI . - Medieval European studies ; XVI. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: From history to vernacular epic -- The severed head: poetic image and historical text -- The Gifstail and the Grendel-Kin -- Aulfafa in Raka and the English Konungamap3sair -- Emma and Wealhtheow: female sovereignty and poetic discourse.
9781938228735
Beowulf--Criticism, Textual.
Politics and literature--History--England--To 1500.
English poetry--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Epic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Anglo-Saxons--Intellectual life.
Electronic books.
PR1586 / .D36 2015
829/.3
Beowulf and the Grendel-Kin : politics and poetry in eleventh-century England / Helen Damico. - 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table. - Medieval European studies ; XVI . - Medieval European studies ; XVI. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: From history to vernacular epic -- The severed head: poetic image and historical text -- The Gifstail and the Grendel-Kin -- Aulfafa in Raka and the English Konungamap3sair -- Emma and Wealhtheow: female sovereignty and poetic discourse.
9781938228735
Beowulf--Criticism, Textual.
Politics and literature--History--England--To 1500.
English poetry--History and criticism.--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Epic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism.
Anglo-Saxons--Intellectual life.
Electronic books.
PR1586 / .D36 2015
829/.3