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**In** **__The Art and Thought of the "Beowulf" Poet__****, Leonard Neidorf explores the relationship between** **__Beowulf__** **and the legendary tradition that existed prior to its composition**. The __Beowulf__ poet inherited an amoral heroic tradition, which focused principally on heroes compelled by circumstances to commit horrendous deeds: fathers kill sons, brothers kill brothers, and wives kill husbands. Medieval Germanic poets relished the depiction of a hero's unyielding response to a cruel fate, but the __Beowulf__ poet refused to construct an epic around this traditional plot. Focusing instead on a courteous and pious protagonist's fight against monsters, the poet creates a work that is deeply untraditional in both its plot and its values. In __Beowulf__, the kin-slayers and oath-breakers of antecedent tradition are confined to the background, while the poet fills the foreground with unconventional characters, who abstain from transgression, display courtly etiquette, and express monotheistic convictions. Comparing __Beowulf__ with its medieval German and Scandinavian analogues, __The Art and Thought of the "Beowulf" Poet__ argues that the poem's uniqueness reflects on
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- Author
- Leonard Neidorf
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501766909
- Category
- nonfiction