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Chronicling their own travels in Scandinavia, charting the geography of medieval history and fiction, the authors negotiate the complex territory where past and present meet, and where the landscapes of "Beowulf" are brought to life.

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Part 1 Mapping "Beowulf"; reinventing Beowulf's voyage to Denmark; travelling home with Beowulf. Part 2 Geography in the reader; place in question; Iceland and Icelanders; places in question; selves in place; places in translation and the metonymy of terrain. Part 3 The sage of the saga "The road to Drangey"; where's Grettir?

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    A Paperback / softback by Gillian R. Overing, Marijane Osborn

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 19/08/1994
      ISBN13: 9780816623754, 978-0816623754
      ISBN10: 0816623759
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Chronicling their own travels in Scandinavia, charting the geography of medieval history and fiction, the authors negotiate the complex territory where past and present meet, and where the landscapes of "Beowulf" are brought to life.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Mapping "Beowulf"; reinventing Beowulf's voyage to Denmark; travelling home with Beowulf. Part 2 Geography in the reader; place in question; Iceland and Icelanders; places in question; selves in place; places in translation and the metonymy of terrain. Part 3 The sage of the saga "The road to Drangey"; where's Grettir?

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