Beowulf and the Dragon: Parallels and Analogues.

Publication: Medium Aevum

Publication Date: 22-SEP-01

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Christine Rauer, Beowulf and the Dragon: Parallels and Analogues (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000), x + 230 pp. ISBN 0-85991-592-1. 75.00 [pounds sterling].

While some may disagree with her definitions of key terms, Christine Rauer offers much fine new material in her discussion of the dragon fight in the final third of Beowulf. The core of her book is a cataloguing and analysis of sixty-three hagiographic texts containing `a...

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