"Beowulf": Myth as a Structural and Thematic Key
Description:
Very little of the huge corpus of Beowulf criticism has been directed at discovering the function and meaning of myth in the poem. Scholars have noted many mythological elements, but there has never been a satisfactory explanation of the poet's use of this material. A close analysis of Beowulf reveals that myth does, in fact, inform its structure, plot, characters and even imagery. More significant than the poet's use of myth, however, is the way he interlaces the historical and Christian eleme…
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Date:
May 1990
Creator:
Aitches, Marian A. (Marian Annette)
Partner:
UNT Libraries