Sharing Story: Medieval Norse-English Literary RelationshipsThis study reveals the popular culture of medieval England as a recognizable blend of Norse, Celtic, French and native English traditions that conceal essential distinctions of language and ideology. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sharing Beowulf | 12 |
Nominal Figures on the Northern Literary Landscape | 138 |
Copyright | |
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