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Zohlandt, Marjolein Margot (2014)

Old English Metre in Tolkien's The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and The Fall of Arthur

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
After a summary of Old English poetic techniques and the use of these in the Old English poems "Beowulf" and "Judith", this thesis will aim to determine how well these poetic techniques were used by J.R.R. Tolkien in his long poems "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth" and "The Fall of Arthur", in order to determine which of these poems was written (mostly) last.
Tolkien
Analysis
Fall of Arthur
Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
Metre
Old English
Poetry
Author
Zohlandt, Marjolein Margot
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors
Porck, M.H.
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en