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Author Morrissey, Ted.

Title The Beowulf poet and his real monsters : a trauma-theory reading of the Anglo-Saxon poem / Ted Morrissey.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 172 pages .)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents THE BEOWULF POET AND HIS REAL MONSTERS: A Trauma-Theory Reading of the Anglo-Saxon Poem; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Language, Thought, and the Creation of Trauma Cultures; Chapter 2 -- ""Postmodern"" Narration, and Characteristics of the Traumatized Voice; Chapter 3 -- The Beowulf Poet, and Trauma in Anglo-Saxon England; Chapter 4 -- A Trauma-Theory Reading of Beowulf; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary This book opens new lines of inquiry into the Old English poem. One such inquiry is trauma theory, which attempts to map the psychological typography of an author and his or her culture, that is, when the text appears to be wrought of traumatic experience. Indicators of a ""trauma text"" are narrative techniques often associated with postmodernism--expressly, intertextuality, repetition, a dispersed or fragmented voice, and a search for powerful language. The anonymous Beowulf poet made extensive use of all four narrative techniques, suggesting he and his culture were suffering some sort of tr.
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Subject Beowulf -- Criticism and interpretation.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Morrissey, Ted. Beowulf Poet and His Real Monsters : A Trauma-Theory Reading of the Anglo-Saxon Poem. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, ©2013 9780773444645
ISBN 0773407642 (electronic book)
9780773407640
9780773444645