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Record Number:
9178
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Tasioulas , J.A.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Mother's Lament: "Wulf and Eadwacer" Reconsidered [suggests that the poem concerns a mother mourning the fate of her illegitimate infant, left to die in the woods].
Source:
Medium Aevum 65, 1 ( 1996): Pages 1 - 18.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Infanticide
Lament, Literary Genre
Literature- Verse
Mothers in Literature
Old English Language
Wulf and Eadwacer, Old English Elegy
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
8-9
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
University of Stirling
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1996.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00258385