monsters critics monsters critics lecture given literary criticism old english heroic epic poem published paper year proceedings reprinted collections argues original poem lost weight scholarship seen poem historical document quality verse structure powerful effect suggestions poem epic exciting narrative instead strong masonry structure built blocks fit points poem theme mortality poem parts young man defeating mother second old age going death fighting dragon work praised critics including poet translator called important article written poem scholars agree work influential transforming study overview essay monsters critics initially delivered lecture regarded formative work modern studies speaks critics play monsters poem mother dragon favour solely source history argues merely elements key narrative focus study drew attention previously neglected literary qualities poem argued studied work art historical document later critics agree point cited defend arguments essay version series lectures delivered oxford 1930s notes lectures exist manuscript versions published critics edited offer insight development thinking poem especially quoted metaphor material poem tower monsters critics available collections including monsters edited argument earlier critics begins noting original book lost extensive literature inverted subject explains mainly historical document praise poem beliefs example primitive pagan political mythical epic scholar liked heroic lay history sweden manual gives man field stone old hall builds tower people find stones older tower pull look hidden carvings inscriptions quotes length scholar thought story great beauty real value dignity style notes opinion powerful influence favour contrast poem supposed defect speaking monsters words agreed dignity wrought finish cites critics objected poem wilderness dragons choice theme finds mind thoughtful evidenced quality poetry write thousand lines wrought high finish matter worth attention notes heroic human stories held superior myth argues myth special value myth alive parts dies finally states directly deny worth hero accepting dragon man hostile world view poem essentially man war hostile world inevitable overthrow time essential tragedy man brief mortal life dragon identified enemies christian god unlike monsters encountered travels happened northern courage defiant face inevitable defeat chaos cites words christian faith outlook poet uses knew old heroic tradition distance time newly acquired christian tradition christian notes hostile world monsters evil spirits transition incomplete poem monsters remain real focus remains ancient theme man man men works shall die returns monsters regrets know little pre christian english mythology resorts instead myth argues similar attitude monsters men gods northern gods like men doomed die southern roman greek pagan gods immortal christian southern religion forward philosophy anarchy death monsters peripheral northern myths monsters mortality death centre interested contact northern christian thought poem linked giants confusion indication precise point imagination old new poem states historical poem pagan past attempt obviously modern ideas literal historical fidelity poet takes old plot monster court vivid picture old days instance image shepherd israel people shepherd structure youth versus age general structure poem clear writes essentially balance opposition ends beginnings simplest terms contrasted description moments great life rising setting ancient intensely moving contrast youth age achievement final death youth lines age lines end secondary division poem occurs writes line earlier story summarized complete account tragedy given end account court contrast young old poem metre founded balance halves line like masonry music argues poem meant exciting narrative romantic story word picture method structure approaches sculpture painting composition tune far weakly structured strong epic lay terms borrowed greek exactly fit reason term choose heroic poem sense lines prelude singular effect takes moment dismiss criticism monsters appear halves replies point monsters complaining mere numbers poet argues balanced rise fame war death dragon similarly dismisses notions poem primitive instead late poem materials left vanished age new antiquarian good sense produces singular effect ancient maker telling things old weighted regret expended art making keen touch heart poignant remote funeral moved like echo ancient far hopeless memory brought hills echo echo poetry world like finishes arguing individual character peculiar powerful came unknown time place fact language old english essential land moves northern world beneath northern sky native tongue land profound appeal dragon comes reception scholars scholars critics agree work wide influence wrote essay seized generations critics wrote manifesto interpretation influence readers single study thought challenged major points wrote essay piece modern criticism strategies control fundamental assumptions old english scholarship years commented denies historical importance lecture opening way principles played vital role subsequent development scholarship remains model edition influential literary criticism poem written calls influential critical essay poem stating qualification justification known fact similarly names widely influential critical discussion poem scholar translator commented essay usually credited establishing fabulous elements heroic center modern reader appreciation poem went write separation poem mythical historical elements false argues myth hold deepest sources tension self social order current projecting past hero fights time throwing light society history historian wrote essay describe influential works literary criticism century studies continues arguments paper universally accepted effects author general impact summarized saying critics learnt poet great deal seriously added argued mentality gave birth myth monsters poem appropriate enemies great hero shifted irrelevant fringes centre anglo saxon thought world naturally encouraged pre existent tendency square poem known levels thought chiefly latin scholarship church secondly went far structure poem arguing balance contrasting halves thesis convinced critics inspired follow example result position previous generations scholars included prepared explain considered structural stylistic modern writers seek evidence artistic poem promising features similarly describes essay importance arguments writing important article written shadow long scholarship influence enormous success essay viewed beginning modern criticism influential developed big picture reading poem found favour generations critics widely accepted case viewing aesthetically successful showed monsters symbolic representations chaos night set opposition stability civilization interpreted theme man man men works shall die theme consistent past christian need theme argued brought great dignity poem scholars regretted monsters noted remarks success essay massive influence homecoming monsters critics ways ironic great majority work sort represented finn detailed historical infinitely influential discussions poem makes greatest lightly supported discusses poem possible terms seen fundamental continuity detailed broader interpret work accidents publication great gift rhetoric shaped field criticism observed bypassing earlier scholarship critics past years generally traced current era studies meaning essay called argued essay quickly came starting point scholars assumed poem aesthetic unity endowed spiritual significance view thought battles monsters tone poem expressed artistic designs deep let mind play lost heroic world imagination words poet man like cited observation left scholars myth poet brooding intellectual dying pagan world nascent christian noted view vision poet heroic poem leading characters wholly new view poet hero press writing new_yorker calls paper people regard finest essay poem finest essays english literature adds preferred monsters critics reviewing monsters critics essays new_york_times wrote title essay study early english poem young hero human handed monster called critics defends seriousness literary monsters declaring belief symbolic value representations sheer evil added like ancient legends served imagination writing guardian describes paper worth reading introduction poem decisively changed direction emphasis scholarship point quarry linguistic historical archaeological detail notes pushed monsters forefront argued represent human life mortal enemy strike heart hold dear force need muster strength ultimately lose fight monsters northern courage men meaningless veteran knew translator paper praised irish poet introduction critically acclaimed translation wrote making paper stood considering literature argued took granted poem integrity distinction work art showed poem achieved status assumed poet felt way inherited material fabulous elements traditional accounts heroic past combination creative conscious arrived unity effect balanced order assumed words poet imaginative writer kind formation derived nineteenth century folklore called paper literary treatment brilliant suggested changed way valued started new era appreciation poem translation published posthumously linked essay editions monsters critics proceedings monsters critics london isbn monsters critics london isbn anthology criticism notre dame isbn interpretations critical anthology isbn translations trans isbn
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