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Author Overing, Gillian R., 1952-

Title Landscape of desire : partial stories of the medieval Scandinavian world / Gillian R. Overing and Marijane Osborn
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1994

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 141 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Mapping Beowulf; 2. Geography in the Reader; 3. The Saga of the Saga; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary The exhilarating journey of two female scholars is described in this book, which describes their travels as they follow Beowulf's sea route and explore legendary sites from the Icelandic sagas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index
Notes English
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Subject Overing, Gillian R., 1952- -- Travel -- Scandinavia
Osborn, Marijane -- Travel -- Scandinavia
SUBJECT Osborn, Marijane fast
Overing, Gillian R., 1952- fast
Beowulf
Beowulf fast
Subject Comparative literature -- English (Old) and Scandinavian
Comparative literature -- Scandinavian and English (Old)
Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism
Geography, Medieval, in literature.
Literary landmarks -- Scandinavia
Landscapes in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Geography, Medieval, in literature
Landscapes in literature
Literary landmarks
Literature
Travel
SUBJECT Scandinavia -- In literature
Subject Scandinavia
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Osborn, Marijane.
ISBN 9780816685615
0816685614