English Studies Today, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English language The 1st series consists of papers read at the International Conference of University Professors of English held at magdalen college in 1950; 2d- series consists of lectures and papers read at the 4th- conferences of the International Association of University Professors of English held in 1959- |
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Page 82
... hero of the Goths ; that is to say , of the Northern heroic people par excellence ; while the scene of the first or ... hero's glorious deeds of daring , that Gothic hero - life as a whole , with its Ragnarök , is mirrored in the English ...
... hero of the Goths ; that is to say , of the Northern heroic people par excellence ; while the scene of the first or ... hero's glorious deeds of daring , that Gothic hero - life as a whole , with its Ragnarök , is mirrored in the English ...
Page 87
... hero ruled over his own tribe only . Another matter now claims our attention . We learn of the Danes and the Geatas first of all in terms of the hero , whose deeds the poet is chiefly con- cerned to celebrate . But now and again in the ...
... hero ruled over his own tribe only . Another matter now claims our attention . We learn of the Danes and the Geatas first of all in terms of the hero , whose deeds the poet is chiefly con- cerned to celebrate . But now and again in the ...
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... hero , who informs us of the two great disasters that befell the tribe during Beowulf's lifetime . Moreover , so far ... hero's death , when the messenger of Wiglaf gave full expression to them . At the end of the messenger's speech the ...
... hero , who informs us of the two great disasters that befell the tribe during Beowulf's lifetime . Moreover , so far ... hero's death , when the messenger of Wiglaf gave full expression to them . At the end of the messenger's speech the ...
Contents
Switzerland and the EnglishSpeaking World | 13 |
The Style of Criticism | 29 |
The Novelist and the Narrator | 43 |
Copyright | |
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