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... Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield - and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject all rationalizing interpretations of ...
... Gothic legend - nay , even farther afield - and the most resolute stickler for the historical reality of the hero himself will hardly deny the mythical nature of his adventures . But I utterly reject all rationalizing interpretations of ...
Pagina ix
... Goths of the Swedish province of Gotland . The prefix ' Weder ' is supposed to indicate the inhabitants of the ' weather ' or western side of the peninsula . Unhappily the name of Higelac's capital is nowhere given . * The modern ...
... Goths of the Swedish province of Gotland . The prefix ' Weder ' is supposed to indicate the inhabitants of the ' weather ' or western side of the peninsula . Unhappily the name of Higelac's capital is nowhere given . * The modern ...
Pagina x
... Goths with England ? and why should an English poet celebrate with such enthusiasm the great exploits in Denmark and in Gotland of a Gothic hero ? Thorpe's reply to such questions is that the poem is founded on a lost Norse Saga brought ...
... Goths with England ? and why should an English poet celebrate with such enthusiasm the great exploits in Denmark and in Gotland of a Gothic hero ? Thorpe's reply to such questions is that the poem is founded on a lost Norse Saga brought ...
Pagina 2
... Goths , makes ready a ship and sails to carry aid to Hrothgar in his need . The King bids him welcome , and gladly gives him leave to do battle with Grendel . At the feast Hunferd taunts Beowulf with having been beaten in a swimming ...
... Goths , makes ready a ship and sails to carry aid to Hrothgar in his need . The King bids him welcome , and gladly gives him leave to do battle with Grendel . At the feast Hunferd taunts Beowulf with having been beaten in a swimming ...
Pagina 8
... , Loathly and lasting long , the straits that did the folk assail , The tribulation all too fierce - the worst of nightly bale . Of Grendel's deeds the tidings reached a valiant Gothic knight 8 BEOWULF . THE COMING OF BEOWULF.
... , Loathly and lasting long , the straits that did the folk assail , The tribulation all too fierce - the worst of nightly bale . Of Grendel's deeds the tidings reached a valiant Gothic knight 8 BEOWULF . THE COMING OF BEOWULF.
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