Condemnation of Heroism in the Tragedy of Beowulf a Study in the Characterization of the Epic
| Author: | Fajardo-Acosta, Fidel | |
| Year: | 1989 | |
| Pages: | 224 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-110-4 978-0-88946-110-9 | |
| Price: | $179.95 | |
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An interpretation of Beowulf as a disconfirmation of the heroic type in which the author argues that the poem is the vehicle of a strong anti-militaristic, anti-heroic, pacifist wisdom that he claims is the essence of epic literature.
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