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" Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European epic : "
Earl R. Anderson ; with a foreword by Mary P. Richards
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BL
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633791
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Anderson, Earl R.,1943-
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Understanding Beowulf as an Indo-European epic : : a study in comparative mythology /\ Earl R. Anderson ; with a foreword by Mary P. Richards
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Lewiston, N.Y. :: Edwin Mellen Press,, c2010
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iv, 592 p. ;; 24 cm
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9780773437555
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: 077343755X
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Scyld, Beow, and the problem of hygelac -- Mythopoeia -- Grendel and his mother -- Grendel's mere -- schere's death and the problem of Hrogar -- Symbolic politics -- Family charisma -- Rhetoric in an open text -- Allusion: the semiotics of digression -- Battlefield typescenes -- Wyrd, ellen, geuyld, and the heroic moment -- The dragon's treasure
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Epic poetry, English (Old)-- History and criticism
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Mythology in literature
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Mythology, Indo-European, Comparative studies
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Comparative literature-- Themes, motives
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Beowulf
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