Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 1927
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dockray-Miller , Mary.
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  • Title: Beowulf's Tears of Fatherhood [the author argues that since Hrothgar's masculine power is fading, he proposes to adopt the powerful and masculine Beowulf, but Beowulf rejects his proposal]
  • Source:   Edited by Eileen A. Joy and Mary K. Ramsey with the assistance of Bruce D. GilchristExemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies 10, 1 (Spring 1998): Pages 1 - 28. Reprinted in The Postmodern "Beowulf": A Critical Casebook. Edited by Eileen A. Joy and Mary K. Ramsey with the assistance of Bruce D. Gilchrist. West Virginia University Press, 2006. Pages 439-466.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Beowulf, Old English Epic Hrothgar (Literary Figure) Literature- Verse Masculinity in Literature Power in Literature Psychoanalytic Theory
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 8-9
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  • Author's Affiliation: Boston College
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  • Year of Publication: 1998.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 10412573