Beowulf The Jute His Life And Times

Author : William Pearson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781524597191

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Beowulf the Jute; His Life and Times by William Pearson Pdf

The epic poem "Beowulf" has been explored by many scholars, but personal acquaintance revealed that some important aspects always seem to have been overlooked. This book's intention was to correct such omissions, but discrepancy turned out to be widespread. Rather than being solely a contribution to Scandinavia's history, the material mainly illustrates aspects of English origins as viewed by one of their own kind. A post-Roman doomed culture arose in eastern England. Largely ignored in English records, the history of this is obscure, but the geography is even more so, since reliable place-names are but few. The poem predominantly served as an allegorical tool and, laced with folklore, was used to comment on the behaviour of those in leadership roles, both in politics and religion. Synthesis even allows an identity to be suggested for the poet.

Author : Kathleen Forni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429880360

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Beowulf's Popular Afterlife in Literature, Comic Books, and Film by Kathleen Forni Pdf

Beowulf's presence on the popular cultural radar has increased in the past two decades, coincident with cultural crisis and change. Why? By way of a fusion of cultural studies, adaptation theory, and monster theory, Beowulf's Popular Afterlife examines a wide range of Anglo-American retellings and appropriations found in literary texts, comic books, and film. The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its monsters, frequently victims of organized militarism, male aggression, or social injustice, are provided with strong motives for their retaliatory brutality. Popular adaptations invert the heroic ideology of the poem, and monsters are not only created by powerful men but are projections of their own pathological behavior. At the same time there is no question that the monsters created by human malfeasance must be eradicated.

Author : William Pearson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781543494495

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Not Quite Trite by William Pearson Pdf

These poems range from the nonsensical, through reflections on personal experiences, to comments on the state of the planet upon which we all live. During a long lifetime, diverse interests or specific events—either in the author’s personal life or in the wider world—have led to an emotional artistic outlet being sought in the composition of poetry. The work leads off with a limerick. This is exemplary of the style usually followed, namely one based on rhyme and rhythm. The bulk of the work is in English, but the author’s interest in foreign languages—and having spent time abroad—has led to a few forays into the wider linguistic experience to be found in other Western European cultures. So it came to be: For better or for worse, release the hounds of verse. There is no intention to educate, but it is hoped that the reader might sometimes be amused and sometimes be provoked, or even perhaps inspired. The poems are in no particular order apart from that of the alphabet. They are followed by a notes section, giving information on the timing and circumstances of each poem, and, occasionally, supplemented by illustrations. Two of the latter are cartoons by Luke Pearson, the author’s grandson.

Author : William Pearson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781664116320

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Adam and Evolution by William Pearson Pdf

Let us start with the obvious. Living matter, having once emerged from obscure beginnings on this planet Earth - the home selected for it in the Universe - has continued to exist in countless different forms right to the present time. As a means to cope with the enormous diversity involved, natural scientists have created a comprehensive classification system. This enables one to get a grasp of the complexities of the chronological and biological relationships that all forms of life bear to one another. It is called the Linnaean System, named after Carl von Linné, its Swedish instigator. This is known more generally as taxonomy and the immediately following discourse is by way of a résumé to aid those to whom it is not entirely familiar. Yet is it ultimately a completely satisfactory method? Will it ever be able to explain all aspects of evolution? In later chapters there will be some discussion on this matter and suggestions made that are meant to clarify points that hitherto have been inexplicable.

Author : Richard North,Joe Allard,Patricia Gillies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1415 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000154085

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Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic, and Anglo-Norman Literatures by Richard North,Joe Allard,Patricia Gillies Pdf

The Longman Anthology of Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures provides a scholarly and accessible introduction to the literature which was the inspiration for many of the heroes of modern popular culture, from The Lord of the Rings to The Chronicles of Narnia, and which set the foundations of the English language and its literature as we know it today. Edited, translated and annotated by the editors of Beowulf and Other Stories, the anthology introduces readers to the rich and varied literature of Britain, Scandinavia and France of the period in and around the Viking Age. Ranging from the Old English epic Beowulf through to the Anglo-Norman texts which heralded the transition Middle English, thematically organised chapters present elegies, eulogies, laments and followed by material on the Viking Wars in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Vikings gods and Icelandic sagas, and a final chapter on early chivalry introduces the new themes and forms which led to Middle English literature, including Arthurian Romances and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Laying out in parallel text format selections from the most important Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman works, this anthology presents translated and annotated texts with useful bibliographic references, prefaced by a headnote providing useful background and explanation.

Author : Paul Robert Lieder,Robert Kilburn Root,Robert Morss Lovett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HNZPJD

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Beowulf to Blake by Paul Robert Lieder,Robert Kilburn Root,Robert Morss Lovett Pdf

Author : Andreas Haarder,T A Shippey,T. A. Shippey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134970933

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Beowulf by Andreas Haarder,T A Shippey,T. A. Shippey Pdf

Beowulf is the oldest and most complete epic poem in any non-Classical European language. Our only manuscript, written in Old English, dates from close to the year 1000. However, the poem remained effectively unknown even to scholars until the year 1815, when it was first published in Copenhagen. This impressive volume selects over one hundred works of critical commentary from the vast body of scholarship on Beowulf - including English translations from German, Danish, Latin and Spanish - from the poem's first mention in 1705 to the Anglophone scholarship of the early twentieth century. Tom Shippey provides both a contextual introduction and a guide to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scholarship which generated these Beowulf commentaries. The book is a vital document for the study of one of the major texts of 'the Northern renaissance', in which completely unknown poems and even languages were brought to the attention first of the learned world and then of popular culture. It also acts as a valuable guide to the development of nationalist and racist sentiment, beginning romantically and ending with World War and attempted genocide.

Author : Robert E. Bjork,John D. Niles
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803261500

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A Beowulf Handbook by Robert E. Bjork,John D. Niles Pdf

The most revered work composed in Old English,Beowulfis one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience,A Beowulf Handbookwill be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.

Author : John F. Vickrey
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780980149661

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Beowulf and the Illusion of History by John F. Vickrey Pdf

Most Beowulf scholars have held either that the poems' minor episodes are more or less based on incidents in Scandinavian history or at least that they entail nothing of the fabulous or monstrous. Beowulf and the Illusion of History contends that, like the poem's Grendelkin episodes, certain minor episodes involve monsters and contain motifs of the "Bear's Son" folktale. In the Finn Episode the monsters are to be taken as physically present in the story as we have it, while in the mention of the hero's fight with Daeghrefn and perhaps in the accounts of the fight with Ongenbeow, the principal foes, though originally monsters, appear now more like ordinary humans. The inference permits the elucidation of passages hitherto obscure and indicates that the capability of the Beowulf poet as a "maker" is greater than has been thought. John F. Vickrey, is Professor of English, Emeritus, at Lehigh University.

Author : Henry Duff Traill,James Saumarez Mann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCSD:31822007555642

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From the earliest times to the accession of Edward the First by Henry Duff Traill,James Saumarez Mann Pdf

Author : Ruth A. Johnston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313027291

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A Companion to Beowulf by Ruth A. Johnston Pdf

Perhaps the most important work written in Old English, Beowulf grew out of a culture very different from ours, and yet its story of war, violence, and heroism remains relevant to modern readers. Accessible to high school students, general readers, and undergraduates, this companion overviews the poem and its legacy. The initial chapters review the plot of Beowulf, while later chapters discuss its style and language, its cultural and historical contexts, and its afterlife in contemporary popular culture. The first part of the book provides information of interest to a wide range of readers, while the second covers more specialized topics. Thus the initial chapters review the merits of different translations and offer a detailed plot summary, while later chapters discuss the poem's language and style, its treatment of religion, its relation to Anglo-Saxon culture, and its legacy in popular culture. One of the greatest Beowulf scholars was J.R.R. Tolkien, and the book gives special attention to his use of the poem in his own fiction. High school students, undergraduates, and general readers will find this book a valuable guide to one of the most challenging yet enduring works of English literature.

Author : Henry Duff Traill,James Saumarez Mann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : IND:30000130918497

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From the earliest times to the accession of Edward the First.-v.2. From the accession of Edward the First to the death of Henry the Seventh.-v.3. From the accession of Henry the Eighth to the death of Elizabeth.-v.4. From the accession of James the First to the death of Anne.-v.5. From the accession of George the First to the Battle of Waterloo.-v.6. From the Battle of Waterloo to the present day by Henry Duff Traill,James Saumarez Mann Pdf

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Germany
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030037684489

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Germany by Sabine Baring-Gould Pdf

Author : Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89065067936

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The Story of Germany by Sabine Baring-Gould Pdf

Author : Henry Spackman Pancoast
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086684701

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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast Pdf