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" Beowulf / "
edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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BL
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1040332
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b794702
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Beowulf /\ edited with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Bloom's Literary Criticism,, ©2008.
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Bloom's guides
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112 pages ;; 23 cm.
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0791094324
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: 9780791094327
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-105) and index.
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J.R.R. Tolkien on poetic structure -- Joan Blomfield on style -- Stanley B. Greenfield on the epic quality -- Edward B. Irving, Jr. on negative definitions -- T.A. Shippey on symbols in the world of the poem -- James W. Earl on the gold hoard -- David Williams on Cain's progeny -- Linda Georgianna on Beowulf's speech before the dragon fight -- Susanne Weil on free will -- Paul Dean on history and the passage of time -- Thomas A. Prendergast on memory and the idolatrous pleasures of heroic poetry.
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Composed about 1000 CE, Beowulf is the longest known poem written in Old English. Considered one of the great epics, the Anglo-Saxon saga relates the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf, who kills the man-eating monster Grendel and the monster's mother. Replete with monsters, quests, and acts of bravery and containing touches of Christian and pagan symbolism, Beowulf stands as the precursor to medieval and Renaissance literature. It also influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, and helped spawn the fantasy genre so popular today in literature and film. Arm students for immersion in the study of this mythic adventure with Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Newly updated, Beowulf includes full-length, interpretive essays that provide expert commentary, as well as introductions, a chronology, notes on the contributors, and a bibliography. - Publisher.
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Epic poetry, English (Old)-- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry-- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, English (Old)
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Beowulf.
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Beowulf.
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| Dewey Classification
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829/.3
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PR1585.B37 2008
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Bloom, Harold.
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