Honour, Exchange and Violence in Beowulf

Argues for a new reading of Beowulf in its contemporary context, where honour and violence are intimately linked.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Loot and the Economy of Honour
Unferth's Gift
The Angel in the Mead Hall
Three Queens
The Perils of Peacemaking
Beowulf's Last Triumph
Conclusion
Works Cited

About the author

Peter S. Baker

Summary

Argues for a new reading of Beowulf in its contemporary context, where honour and violence are intimately linked.

Product details

• Authors: Peter S Baker, Peter S. Baker, Peter S. (Customer) Baker, Peter Stuart Baker
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2013
• EAN: 9781843843467
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-346-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism