The God King and the Selra Hero: Distribution of Territory and its Significance for Kingship in Beowulf

dc.contributor.author	Perez, Lexi	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-14T19:03:49Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-08-14T19:03:49Z	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015	en_US
dc.description	Honorable Mention winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2015	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In this essay, I close read chosen lines in the Anglo Saxon poem Beowulf to demonstrate how Old English formulaic expression and hyperbole are used to delineate territory between the hero Beowulf and the King Hrothgar. I argue that hyperbole grants all known territory to Beowulf, and as a result this weakens the Old English formulaic expression typically used to assert power. However, I conclude by arguing how this possession of territory changes after Beowulf himself becomes king.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Perez, Lexi. "The God King and the Selra Hero: Distribution of Territory and its Significance for Kingship in Beowulf." (2015) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81433">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81433</a>.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81433	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Rice University	en_US
dc.rights	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.	en_US
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/	en_US
dc.subject	English	en_US
dc.title	The God King and the Selra Hero: Distribution of Territory and its Significance for Kingship in Beowulf	en_US
dc.type.dcmi	Text	en_US
dc.type.genre	Research paper	en_US