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St. Beowulf: Hagiography and Heroic Identity in Beowulf.

Debates over the role of Christianity in Beowulf have not fully taken into account hagiographic models. Although saints' lives were among the first written materials to flourish in early medieval England, relatively little has been done to examine the influence of hagiography on Beowulf. After consi...

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Published in:Studies in Philology Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28
Main Author: Ramey, Peter
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of North Carolina Press Winter2024
Subjects:
Christianity
Hagiography
Poets
Sacredness
Irony
Beowulf
Medieval & Renaissance (Literary period)
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