The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Scôp or Gleeman's Tale, and the Fight at Finnesburg: With a Literal Translation, Notes, Glossary, Etc (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Sc�p or Gleeman's Tale, and the Fight at Finnesburg: With a Literal Translation, Notes, Glossary, Etc This hypothesis may, perhaps, serve to account for some at least of the deviations from the historic or, as our cons tinental brethren would prefer to regard them, mythic tra ditions contained in the early annals of England and the North, many of which may, no doubt, be placed to the account of the paraphrast. Let those to whom this view may appear rash, consult any ...
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Excerpt from The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Sc�p or Gleeman's Tale, and the Fight at Finnesburg: With a Literal Translation, Notes, Glossary, Etc This hypothesis may, perhaps, serve to account for some at least of the deviations from the historic or, as our cons tinental brethren would prefer to regard them, mythic tra ditions contained in the early annals of England and the North, many of which may, no doubt, be placed to the account of the paraphrast. Let those to whom this view may appear rash, consult any anglo-saxon version of a Latin author, or even a metrical paraphrase of a prose writer inhis own tongue d, and, on seeing its numerous. Misconceptions of the original, he will, unless I greatly err, considerably qualify, if not change, his Opinion. From the allusions to Christianity contained in the poem, I do not hesitate to regard it as a Christian paraphrase Of a heathen Saga, and those allusions as interpolations of the paraphrast, whom I conceive to have been a native of England Of Scandinavian parentage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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