A close link is established between the depiction in christian tradition of proud pagan warriors and the monsters they fight, and with whom they become increasingly identified. Pride and prodigies studies in the monsters of the beowulf. In this study of the texts of the old english beowulfmanuscript, orchard argues that two themes. Studies in the monsters of the beowulf manuscript as want to read. Orchard argues for a linking thread in the beowulfmanuscript of how prodigious pride can make monsters of men p. Studies in the monsters of the beowulf manuscript heritage 9780802085832. In this series of detailed studies, andy orchard demonstrates the changing range of anglosaxon attitudes towards the monstrous by reconsidering the monsters ofbeowulfagainst the background of early medieval and patristic teratology and with reference to specific anglosaxon texts. Thus the book takes not only beowulf itself as the starting point but also the manuscript to which all. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was kenneth sisam who first considered that thebeowulfmanuscript may have been compiled on the basis of an interest in monsters which is exhibited by at. His nuanced study of the construction of the monstrous in the culture in which the manuscript was assembled takes account of germanic, classical and scriptural influences, artfully disentangling its complex interconnections. Studies in the monsters of the beowulfmanuscript cambridge, 1995, 27. Studies in the monsters of the beowulf manuscript, concludes with careful editions of latin and old english texts, and modern english translations.
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