The Long Arm of Coincidence : : The Frustrated Connection Between 'Beowulf' and 'Grettis saga' /

The Long Arm of Coincidence : : The Frustrated Connection Between 'Beowulf' and 'Grettis saga' / / Magnus Fjalldal.

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Scholars in Old Norse and Old English studies have for years sought to find connections between Beowulf and Grettis saga, despite great differences in the composition, time period, and country of origin of the two works. Based on some striking surface similarities, the assumption of kinship, or gene...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Fjalldal, Magnus,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1998
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Proposed Genetically Related Analogues
  • 1. Determining Analogous and Genetically Related Material
  • 2. The Making of Heroes and Monsters
  • 3. The Hero's Fight against the Monsters
  • 4. A Sword by Any Other Name
  • 5. Hell and High Water
  • Part II: To Cement a Relationship
  • 6. The English Hypothesis
  • 7. Panzer's 'Bear's Son' Thesis
  • 8. The Common Origin Theory
  • 9. The Big Bang Theory
  • Part III: The Genetically Related Beowulf Analogues in Grettis saga in View of Icelandic Sources
  • 10. A Saga Author Shops Around: The Eclectic Composition of the Glamr and Sandhaugar Episodes
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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