On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization
This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in Beowulf criticism. The Beowulf poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience familiarity with legendary tradition, has rendered the representation of various characters rather obscure to modern readers. Comparison of Be...
Gespeichert in:
| Veröffentlicht in: | Neohelicon (Budapest) 2020-12, Vol.47 (2), p.655-672 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
| container_end_page | 672 |
|---|---|
| container_issue | 2 |
| container_start_page | 655 |
| container_title | Neohelicon (Budapest) |
| container_volume | 47 |
| creator | Neidorf, Leonard |
| description | This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in
Beowulf
criticism. The
Beowulf
poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience familiarity with legendary tradition, has rendered the representation of various characters rather obscure to modern readers. Comparison of
Beowulf
with the
Nibelungenlied
, which contains fuller portraits of characters derived from related oral traditions, is undertaken here in order to point toward the archetypes behind some of the poem’s shadier characters. The utility of the
Nibelungenlied
as a
comparandum
in
Beowulf
scholarship is illustrated in two case studies, the first of which focuses on Unferth and Hagen, the second of which focuses on Hildeburh and Kriemhild. In each case, the reticence of
Beowulf
is complemented by the verbosity of the
Nibelungenlied
, as evidence from the latter helps to tilt the scales in favor of certain interpretations of the former. |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2 |
| format | Article |
| fullrecord | <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2473321290</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>2473321290</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c2342-85b24d8514a84f48cc3cf23879dec5597aaaf5abc430e7074116cb4c21a0a1c73</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNp9kD1PwzAURS0EEqXwB5gisWJ4frYbhw2q8iEqusBsOY5DUwWn2IkQ_HpcgsTGdJd77ns6hJwyuGAA-WVkDGRBAYECSMEo7pEJk0pRVAz2yQQ4CipmEg_JUYwbgISxYkIeVz67cd3H0NaZ8VXWr1321JSuHfyr823jqqvMdoOPru1CPM_eB-d8yl3Xrk0wtneh-TJ90_ljclCbNrqT35ySl9vF8_yeLld3D_PrJbXIBVIlSxSVkkwYJWqhrOW2Rq7yonJWyiI3xtTSlFZwcDnkgrGZLYVFZsAwm_MpORt3t6FL_8Reb7oh-HRSo8g5R4YFpBaOLRu6GIOr9TY0byZ8agZ6J02P0nSSpn-kaUwQH6GYyslA-Jv-h_oG01pueg</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>2473321290</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization</title><source>SpringerLink Journals</source><creator>Neidorf, Leonard</creator><creatorcontrib>Neidorf, Leonard</creatorcontrib><description>This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in
Beowulf
criticism. The
Beowulf
poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience familiarity with legendary tradition, has rendered the representation of various characters rather obscure to modern readers. Comparison of
Beowulf
with the
Nibelungenlied
, which contains fuller portraits of characters derived from related oral traditions, is undertaken here in order to point toward the archetypes behind some of the poem’s shadier characters. The utility of the
Nibelungenlied
as a
comparandum
in
Beowulf
scholarship is illustrated in two case studies, the first of which focuses on Unferth and Hagen, the second of which focuses on Hildeburh and Kriemhild. In each case, the reticence of
Beowulf
is complemented by the verbosity of the
Nibelungenlied
, as evidence from the latter helps to tilt the scales in favor of certain interpretations of the former.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0324-4652</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1588-2810</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Cham: Springer International Publishing</publisher><subject>Anon (600-1100) (Beowulf and Judith) ; Comparative Literature ; Cultural and Media Studies ; Familiarity ; Germanic literature ; Literary criticism ; Literature ; Oral tradition ; Poetry</subject><ispartof>Neohelicon (Budapest), 2020-12, Vol.47 (2), p.655-672</ispartof><rights>Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020</rights><rights>Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary 2020.</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c2342-85b24d8514a84f48cc3cf23879dec5597aaaf5abc430e7074116cb4c21a0a1c73</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c2342-85b24d8514a84f48cc3cf23879dec5597aaaf5abc430e7074116cb4c21a0a1c73</cites><orcidid>0000-0001-9666-1978</orcidid></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2$$EPDF$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2$$EHTML$$P50$$Gspringer$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,27903,27904,41467,42536,51298</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Neidorf, Leonard</creatorcontrib><title>On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization</title><title>Neohelicon (Budapest)</title><addtitle>Neohelicon</addtitle><description>This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in
Beowulf
criticism. The
Beowulf
poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience familiarity with legendary tradition, has rendered the representation of various characters rather obscure to modern readers. Comparison of
Beowulf
with the
Nibelungenlied
, which contains fuller portraits of characters derived from related oral traditions, is undertaken here in order to point toward the archetypes behind some of the poem’s shadier characters. The utility of the
Nibelungenlied
as a
comparandum
in
Beowulf
scholarship is illustrated in two case studies, the first of which focuses on Unferth and Hagen, the second of which focuses on Hildeburh and Kriemhild. In each case, the reticence of
Beowulf
is complemented by the verbosity of the
Nibelungenlied
, as evidence from the latter helps to tilt the scales in favor of certain interpretations of the former.</description><subject>Anon (600-1100) (Beowulf and Judith)</subject><subject>Comparative Literature</subject><subject>Cultural and Media Studies</subject><subject>Familiarity</subject><subject>Germanic literature</subject><subject>Literary criticism</subject><subject>Literature</subject><subject>Oral tradition</subject><subject>Poetry</subject><issn>0324-4652</issn><issn>1588-2810</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2020</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>8G5</sourceid><sourceid>ABUWG</sourceid><sourceid>AFKRA</sourceid><sourceid>AIMQZ</sourceid><sourceid>AZQEC</sourceid><sourceid>BENPR</sourceid><sourceid>CCPQU</sourceid><sourceid>DWQXO</sourceid><sourceid>GNUQQ</sourceid><sourceid>GUQSH</sourceid><sourceid>M2O</sourceid><recordid>eNp9kD1PwzAURS0EEqXwB5gisWJ4frYbhw2q8iEqusBsOY5DUwWn2IkQ_HpcgsTGdJd77ns6hJwyuGAA-WVkDGRBAYECSMEo7pEJk0pRVAz2yQQ4CipmEg_JUYwbgISxYkIeVz67cd3H0NaZ8VXWr1321JSuHfyr823jqqvMdoOPru1CPM_eB-d8yl3Xrk0wtneh-TJ90_ljclCbNrqT35ySl9vF8_yeLld3D_PrJbXIBVIlSxSVkkwYJWqhrOW2Rq7yonJWyiI3xtTSlFZwcDnkgrGZLYVFZsAwm_MpORt3t6FL_8Reb7oh-HRSo8g5R4YFpBaOLRu6GIOr9TY0byZ8agZ6J02P0nSSpn-kaUwQH6GYyslA-Jv-h_oG01pueg</recordid><startdate>20201201</startdate><enddate>20201201</enddate><creator>Neidorf, Leonard</creator><general>Springer International Publishing</general><general>Springer Nature B.V</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>AIMQZ</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>GB0</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>LIQON</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-1978</orcidid></search><sort><creationdate>20201201</creationdate><title>On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization</title><author>Neidorf, Leonard</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c2342-85b24d8514a84f48cc3cf23879dec5597aaaf5abc430e7074116cb4c21a0a1c73</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2020</creationdate><topic>Anon (600-1100) (Beowulf and Judith)</topic><topic>Comparative Literature</topic><topic>Cultural and Media Studies</topic><topic>Familiarity</topic><topic>Germanic literature</topic><topic>Literary criticism</topic><topic>Literature</topic><topic>Oral tradition</topic><topic>Poetry</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Neidorf, Leonard</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central UK/Ireland</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>DELNET Social Sciences & Humanities Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only</collection><collection>Research Library</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><jtitle>Neohelicon (Budapest)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Neidorf, Leonard</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization</atitle><jtitle>Neohelicon (Budapest)</jtitle><stitle>Neohelicon</stitle><date>2020-12-01</date><risdate>2020</risdate><volume>47</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>655</spage><epage>672</epage><pages>655-672</pages><issn>0324-4652</issn><eissn>1588-2810</eissn><abstract>This article deals with two longstanding interpretive problems in
Beowulf
criticism. The
Beowulf
poet’s laconic style, grounded in the assumption of audience familiarity with legendary tradition, has rendered the representation of various characters rather obscure to modern readers. Comparison of
Beowulf
with the
Nibelungenlied
, which contains fuller portraits of characters derived from related oral traditions, is undertaken here in order to point toward the archetypes behind some of the poem’s shadier characters. The utility of the
Nibelungenlied
as a
comparandum
in
Beowulf
scholarship is illustrated in two case studies, the first of which focuses on Unferth and Hagen, the second of which focuses on Hildeburh and Kriemhild. In each case, the reticence of
Beowulf
is complemented by the verbosity of the
Nibelungenlied
, as evidence from the latter helps to tilt the scales in favor of certain interpretations of the former.</abstract><cop>Cham</cop><pub>Springer International Publishing</pub><doi>10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2</doi><tpages>18</tpages><orcidid>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-1978</orcidid></addata></record> |
| fulltext | fulltext |
| identifier | ISSN: 0324-4652 |
| ispartof | Neohelicon (Budapest), 2020-12, Vol.47 (2), p.655-672 |
| issn | 0324-4652 1588-2810 |
| language | eng |
| recordid | cdi_proquest_journals_2473321290 |
| source | SpringerLink Journals |
| subjects | Anon (600-1100) (Beowulf and Judith) Comparative Literature Cultural and Media Studies Familiarity Germanic literature Literary criticism Literature Oral tradition Poetry |
| title | On Beowulf and the Nibelungenlied: counselors, queens, and characterization |
| url | https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-23T07%3A04%3A46IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=On%20Beowulf%20and%20the%20Nibelungenlied:%20counselors,%20queens,%20and%20characterization&rft.jtitle=Neohelicon%20(Budapest)&rft.au=Neidorf,%20Leonard&rft.date=2020-12-01&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=655&rft.epage=672&rft.pages=655-672&rft.issn=0324-4652&rft.eissn=1588-2810&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s11059-020-00541-2&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E2473321290%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=2473321290&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true |