Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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879474
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Main Entry
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Niles, John D.
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Title & Author
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Beowulf : : the poem and its tradition /\ John D. Niles.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 1983.
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Page. NO
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vi, 310 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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ISBN
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0674067258
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: 9780674067257
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
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The marvelous -- The art of the Germanic scop -- Latin Christian letters -- The Danes and the date -- Formula and formulaic system -- Compound diction -- Ring composition -- Barbaric style -- The dimension of time -- The narrator's voice -- The listening audience -- Reciprocity -- The controlling theme -- The fatal contradiction.
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Subject
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Dragons in literature.
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Subject
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Epic poetry, English (Old)-- History and criticism.
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Heroes in literature.
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Monsters in literature.
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Oral tradition-- England-- History-- To 1500.
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Anglo-Saxon literature-- History and criticism.
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Subject
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Tradition orale.
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18.05 English literature.
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Dragons in literature.
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Epic poetry, English (Old)
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Heroes in literature.
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Literature.
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Monsters in literature.
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Oral tradition.
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Rhetoric, Medieval.
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Subject
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Beowulf (anoniem)
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Subject
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Beowulf.
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Beowulf.
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Beowulf.
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Beowulf.
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Subject
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Scandinavia, In literature.
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England.
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Subject
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Scandinavia.
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Dewey Classification
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829/.3
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LC Classification
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PR1585.N54 1983
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NLM classification
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17.81bcl
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18.05bcl
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829.323
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