9781852851439

Book Description: Hambledon Continuum, Great Britain, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. A new hardcover slightly bumped to the spine ends, carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland. Bookseller Inventory # 17532

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Book Description: Hambledon Press, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 188 pagers. Bookseller Inventory # 018549

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Book Description: National Book Network. Book Condition: New. New. Bookseller Inventory # 1852851430

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Book Description: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., United Kingdom, 1996. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 234 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. In this study, the author looks at the role the warrior-hero plays within a set of predetermined political and social constraints. The hero if not a sword-wielding barbarian, bent only upon establishing his own fame; such fame-seekers (including some famous medieval literary figures) might even fall outside the definition of the Germanic hero, the real value of whose deeds are given meaning only within the political construct. Individual prowess is not enough. The hero must conquer the blows of fate because he is committed to the conquest of chaos, and over all to the need for social stability. Even the warrior-hero's concern with his reputation is usually expressed negatively: that the wrong songs are not sung about him. The author discusses works in Old English, Old and Middle High German, Old Norse, Latin and Old French, deliberately going beyond what is normally thought of as "heroic poetry" to include the German so-called "minstrel epic" and a work by a writer who is normally classified as a late medieval chivalric poet, Konrad von Wurzburg, the comparison of which with "Beowulf" allows us to span half a millennium. Bookseller Inventory # ANB9781852851439

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Book Description: Hambledon Continuum, 1996. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. first edition edition. 188 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # zk1852851430

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