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Sharing story : Medieval Norse-English literary relationships Cover Image Book Book

Sharing story : Medieval Norse-English literary relationships

Taylor, Paul Beekman 1930- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0404641652
  • ISBN: 9780404641658
  • Physical Description: print
    281 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : AMS Press, c1998.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: I. Sharing Beowulf. The traditonal northern vocabulary of treasure in Beowulf ; Searoniđas: etymology, magic and poetry ; Nordic sacral kingship in Beowulf ; Vestiges of Germanic ritual charms in Beowulf ; The burnings of Beowulf and Skarpheđin ; Hrođgar and the friends of Yng ; Heorot, Earth, and Ásgarđr: Christian poetry and pagan myth ; Swords and words: Grendel and the Norse Þursar. -- II. Nominal figures on the Northern literary landscape. Seizing the etymological force in northern names ; Bilingual praise of Æþelstan ; Auđr, Eadgyhđ, and Aude: retrieving the treasure in name ; Loki in England: the earliest Norse-English link ; Female names and bodies as cover on northern landscapes. -- III. The enduring Nordic presence in Late Middle English story. Nordic myth in Arthurian romance ; Norse skill and English wisdom in Sir Gawain ; Norse study in The Canterbury tales. ; Conclusion: geography and culture.
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