Beowulf - Hæleð under Heofonum

Master Thesis

1986

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Viljoen, Leonie
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Van der Westhuizen, J E
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University of Cape Town

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Department of English Language and Literature
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Faculty of Humanities
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Abstract
This study of the design of Beowulf examines the possible function of the 'digressions', the poet's concept of time, the nature of the hero and the generic status of the poem. Finally, a suggestion as to the possible intention of the poem is proposed.
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Bibliography: pages 54-56.

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English Literature

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Viljoen, L. 1986. Beowulf - Hæleð under Heofonum. University of Cape Town.

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