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Kennings and the Christian Context,
By Victoria H. Deen (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: 'Beowulf' as Metaphor (Hardcover)
The book is divided into two major sections.The first section's greatest contribution is its perspective on individual Old English words. If you are intrigued by kennings, then there are two or three interesting chapters in this book which seem to offer a novel treatment of the subject. This work has a comprehensive bibliography and seems solidly based in text. The Christian context, in structure, language, character, etc. is the overarching theme of the second half of the book, which is divided into chapter length essays. This section would be most useful to someone investigating the pagan/Christian juxtaposition in Beowulf. At times I disagreed with various points/premises, but the overall argument was compelling. |
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Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: 'Beowulf' as Metaphor by Alvin A. Lee (Hardcover - December 26, 1998)
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