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Visualizing Femininity in Children’s and Illustrated Versions of Beowulf
2021
Overview
When Wealhþeow first appears in Beowulf, she makes her entrance amid a joyous sonority, with three consecutive phrases marking the sound of men in communal pleasure preceding her. Then, as she comes forth, resplendent with gold, the ceremony turns from one of auditory delight to one of visual grace, to a demonstration of ritual as this most important female human figure in the poem honours her husband and receives the foreign noblemen in turn by bearing them the cup. The alliteration binds her to her role, for she, as cwen, is “cynna gemyndig,” mindful of courtesy; yet, as we will
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN
9781487502706, 1487502702
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