Beowulf and the dragon : parallels and analogues
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Beowulf and the dragon : parallels and analogues
D.S. Brewer, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
This first comprehensive study of the dragon-fight in Old English and related literatures casts fresh light on Beowulf's last battle.
The vivid depiction of a dragon-fight in the Old English poem Beowulf and its relationship with other literary encounters between heroes and dragons has been the subject of much scholarly debate; yet this is the first comprehensive study of the dragon-fight in secular and hagiographical literature. In a series of five detailed studies the author discusses the analogues and possible sources of Beowulf's famous last battle, drawing on hagiographical,historical, liturgical, heroic and other narrative material to explore the prominence of these episodes within the literary milieu of the Beowulf-poet and his audience. She assembles an extensive corpus of fights between saints and dragons, and demonstrates their striking resemblance to Beowulf's actions. A comparison with Scandinavian material is followed by case studies which examine the dragon-fights of St Samson and the archangel St Michael. Theanalogues discussed are presented with facing translations and detailed bibliographies.
Dr CHRISTINE RAUER teaches in the Department of English at the University of St Andrews.
目次
- Introduction - source study and "Beowulf". Part 1 "Beowulf" and early medieval dragon-fights: the analogues of "Beowulf"
- the dragon episode in "Beowulf"
- dragon-fights in hagiography and other literature. Part 2 The literary history of dragon-fights - case studies: dragon-fights in Anglo-Saxon England - Samson and Michael
- post-conquest traditions - Siward and others
- implications
- appendices A - texts and translations
- B - saints and destructive dragons - chronology and bibliography
- C - Scandinavian dragon-fights - chronology and bibliography.
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