Gold-hall and earth-dragon: beowulf as metaphor
Auteur :
Lee, Alvin A.
Éditeur :
Lee, Alvin A.
ISBN :
9780802043788
Date de publication :
26 déc. 1998
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,0 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
606 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Canada
Demonstrates how Beowulf?s symbolic system reveals itself through the metaphorical workings of the Old English words, and how the poem might have been experienced and interpreted by the Anglo-Saxons in the light of other Old English poems.