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Neidorf, Leonard, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Art and Thought of the "Beowulf" Poet / Leonard Neidorf. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2023] ©2023 1 online resource (216 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Kin-Slaying and Oath-Breaking -- Chapter 2 Courtesy and Courtliness -- Chapter 3 Monotheism and Monstrosity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In The Art and Thought of the "Beowulf" Poet, Leonard Neidorf explores the relationship between Beowulf and the legendary tradition that existed prior to its composition. The Beowulf poet inherited an amoral heroic tradition, which focused principally on heroes compelled by circumstances to commit horrendous deeds: fathers kill sons, brothers kill brothers, and wives kill husbands. Medieval Germanic poets relished the depiction of a hero's unyielding response to a cruel fate, but the Beowulf poet refused to construct an epic around this traditional plot. Focusing instead on a courteous and pious protagonist's fight against monsters, the poet creates a work that is deeply untraditional in both its plot and its values. In Beowulf, the kin-slayers and oath-breakers of antecedent tradition are confined to the background, while the poet fills the foreground with unconventional characters, who abstain from transgression, display courtly etiquette, and express monotheistic convictions. Comparing Beowulf with its medieval German and Scandinavian analogues, The Art and Thought of the "Beowulf" Poet argues that the poem's uniqueness reflects one poet's coherent plan for the moral renovation of an amoral heroic tradition. In Beowulf, Neidorf discerns the presence of a singular mind at work in the combination and modification of heroic, folkloric, hagiographical, and historical materials. Rather than perceive Beowulf as an impersonally generated object, Neidorf argues that it should be read as the considered result of one poet's ambition to produce a morally edifying, theologically palatable, and historically plausible epic out of material that could not independently constitute such a poem. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Literary Studies. Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Scandinavia. LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. bisacsh Medieval Germanic heroic literature, Old English Literature, Courtliness in Beowulf, Christianity and Paganism in Beowulf, Medieval epic poetry, reconciling pagan and Christian moralities. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 9783110751833 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary Studies 2023 English 9783111319186 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary Studies 2023 9783111318264 ZDB-23-DSP https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501766923?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501766923 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501766923/original |
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