Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in English
Department
English
First Advisor
Lindy Brady
Second Advisor
Steven Justice
Third Advisor
Gregory Heyworth
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
This thesis argues for the Beowulf poet's more accommodating perspective on pre-Christian Germanic culture, when examined in comparison to other, later Germanic authors of works such as Icelandic sagas and Danish pseudo-history. The primary components of Beowulf I address to argue for this point are the poet's incorporation of pagan Germanic cosmology, and his rendering of Beowulf according to two different heroic types in Germanic literature, those being the model thane and the model king.
Recommended Citation
Beverly, Walter, "The Beowulf Poet's Accommodation Of Pre-Christian Germanic Culture" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 544.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/544