Presents nineteen chapters, each discussing a different genre, including riddles, balladry, romance, epic poetry, and beast fables.Beowulf provides a very good example of this self-referential valuing of the role of the heroic poet. ... A more complex genre, the epic might be best defined by three perspectives: one, formal characteristics; two, ideology and social connection;anbsp;...
Title | : | A Companion to Old and Middle English Literature |
Author | : | Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin |
Publisher | : | Greenwood Publishing Group - 2002 |
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