Hospitality, Hostility, and Peacemaking in Beowulf.
The article offers poetry criticism of the epic poem "Beowulf." Topics cited include hospitality as a social and political practice as well as a religious belief, the expected behavior of visitors as they adapt to the local community that may disrupt social order and the difference between the chara...
| Publicado en: | Philological Quarterly Vol. 94; no. 1/2; pp. 23 - 51 |
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| Formato: | Poetry Review |
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Department of English, University of Iowa
Winter/Spring2015
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| Sumario: | The article offers poetry criticism of the epic poem "Beowulf." Topics cited include hospitality as a social and political practice as well as a religious belief, the expected behavior of visitors as they adapt to the local community that may disrupt social order and the difference between the characters Beowulf, Grendel, and Grendel's mother as guests. Also presented are the concept of inclusion and exclusion in public reception and the peace established by Beowulf. |
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