A groundbreaking work which produces many insights into this early masterpiece Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2009. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Four Funerals in Beowulf
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0719081211
ISBN 13: 9780719081217
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. Now, for the first time, a fourth funeral (hitherto disguised as poetic imagery) is identified from archaeological evidence. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built. The poet is revealed as a literate antiquarian of considerable structural skill; one who explores feminist issues, plays with numbers and enjoys a pun; who establishes an ideal then probes its darker side.

The author's unique knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture provides constant surprises and enlightenment. This book will be invaluable to all students of the poem for its fresh and detailed reading, its identification of a coherent structure and its establishment of the integrity of the surviving texts.

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Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester

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