Paradox and Balance in the Anglo-Saxon Mind of Beowulf Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Paradox and Balance in the Anglo-Saxon Mind of Beowulf

Creator

  • Author: Fox, Bonnie L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Upchurch, Robert, 1967-
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Pettit, Alexander
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Smith, Nicole
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2008-05
  • Digitized: 2008-09-15

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This essay argues that the Anglo-Saxon poet of Beowulf presents the reader with a series of paradoxes and attempts to find a balance within these paradoxes. At the forefront is the paradox of past and present, explored through the influence of the past on the characters in the poem as well as the poet. Additionally, the poem offers the paradox of light and dark, which ultimately suggests light and dark as symbols of Christianity and paganism. Finally, the land and the sea offer the third primary paradox, indicating the relationship that the characters and poet had with land and sea, while also reflecting the other paradoxes in the poem. The result is the desire to find balance within the paradoxes through the recognition of ongoing tension.

Subject

  • Keyword: Beowulf
  • Keyword: balance
  • Keyword: paradox
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Beowulf.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Paradox in literature.

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Fox, Bonnie L.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 260337524
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc6110

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Arts
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: English
  • Academic Department: Department of English
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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