The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to WiglafOUP Oxford, 2006 - 368 من الصفحات This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet is named as the abbot, Eanmund. As well as pinpointing the poem's place and date of composition, Richard North raises some old questions relating to the poet's influencesfrom Vergil and from living Danes. Norse analogues are discussed in order to identify how the poet changed his heroic sources while four episodes from Beowulf are shown to be reworked from passages in Vergil's Aeneid. One chapter assesses how the poem's Latin sources might correspond with what is known ofBreedon's now-lost library while another seeks to explain Danish mythology in Beowulf by arguing that Breedon hosted a meeting with Danish Vikings in 809. This fascinating and challenging new study combines careful detective work with meticulous literary analysis to form a case that no future investigation will be able to ignore. |
المحتوى
Beowulf and Wiglaf | 1 |
Dynastic Innovation in Beowulf | 36 |
Vergil and the Monastery in Beowulf | 66 |
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The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf <span dir=ltr>Richard North</span> معاينة محدودة - 2007 |
The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf <span dir=ltr>Richard North</span> معاينة محدودة - 2006 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Aeneas Aeneid Æthelberht Alcuin Anglian Anglo-Saxon Chronicle appears Archbishop Atlas of Attestations battle Beornwulf Bishop Bjarkamál Bjarni Boðvarr Breedon Canterbury Carolingian Cenwulf Ceolwulf Chapter Charlemagne Church Clofesho Corbie Councils of Clofesho Cynehelm Cynethryth Danes Danish Date of Beowulf death Denmark dragon Dümmler Ealdorman Eanmund Eardwulf Earliest English Kings early East Anglia Ecgberht England Epistolae father Fitt Frankish Frisian Geatish Geatland Geats genealogy Gesta Danorum Grendel's heathen Heorot Hinieldus History homily Hrólfr Hrólfs saga Hrothgar Hrothulf Hygelac Ibid Ingeld Keynes killed kingdom land Lapidge later Latin Leicester lines Mercian minster Mitchell and Robinson ninth century Norse analogues Offa Offa's Old English Orchard poem poet of Beowulf poet's Priest Abbot probably queen reign royal Saxo Scyld seems Skáldskaparmál Snorri Speratus St Michael story suggests trans Unwona Vergil Vikings Vitae Wealhtheow Weohstan Wessex West Saxon Widsith Wiglaf Wigmund Worcester words Wulfred þæt