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The Origins of Beowulf - From Vergil to Wiglaf (Hardcover)
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The Origins of Beowulf - From Vergil to Wiglaf (Hardcover)
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This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed
in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on
behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of
composition is given as the minster of Breedon on the Hill in
Leicestershire (now Derbyshire) and the poet is named as the abbot,
Eanmund. As well as pinpointing the poem's place and date of
composition, Richard North raises some old questions relating to
the poet's influences from Vergil and from living Danes. Norse
analogues are discussed in order to identify how the poet changed
his heroic sources while four episodes from Beowulf are shown to be
reworked from passages in Vergil's Aeneid. One chapter assesses how
the poem's Latin sources might correspond with what is known of
Breedon's now-lost library while another seeks to explain Danish
mythology in Beowulf by arguing that Breedon hosted a meeting with
Danish Vikings in 809. This fascinating and challenging new study
combines careful detective work with meticulous literary analysis
to form a case that no future investigation will be able to ignore.
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