CHRISTIAN AND FOLKLORIC TRADITION IN THE BEOWULF: DEATH AND THE DRAGON EPISODE
It is reiterated in Part I that biblical precedent and the omnipotence of God are fundamental aspects of Beowulf, dominating the medieval Christian agenda.In the first of two complementry stories, the hero of this cotemporary English moral folk fable is introduced as God's right-thinking champi...
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Oxford University Press
1997
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Literature and theology
Year: 1997, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 325-346 |
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