The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf

by Richard North

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This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet is named as the abbot, Eanmund. As well as pinpointing the poem's place and date of composition, Richard North raises some old questions relating to the
poet's influences from Vergil and from living Danes. Norse analogues are discussed in order to identify how the poet...Read more
  • ISBN10 0199206619
  • ISBN13 9780199206612
  • Publish Date 8 February 2007 (first published 1 January 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Language English