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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19325079 Title: Language, sign, and gender in Beowulf Author: Gillian R Overing Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1990. ISBN/ISSN: 0809315637 9780809315635 OCLC:19325079

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Language, sign, and gender in Beowulf

Author:	Gillian R Overing
Publisher:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1990.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Overing, Gillian R., 1952- Language, sign, and gender in Beowulf. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1990 (OCoLC)556982228
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Gillian R Overing Find more information about:
ISBN:	0809315637 9780809315635
OCLC Number:	19325079
Notes:	Includes index.
Description:	xxvi, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	1. Language : an overview process: -- Textual effects/affects -- Metonymy : implications for interpretation -- When a Kenning is not a Kenning -- Metonymy in action -- 2. Swords and signs : dynamic semeiosis in Beowulf: -- Interlace, text, and sign -- Peirce's concept of sign -- Words, things, and the space between -- The web of signs -- The giant sword hilt : a path out of secondness -- 3. Gender and interpretation in Beowulf: -- Voices for paradox -- Critical voices -- The Helenization of Hildeburh -- The voice of Wealhtheow : peace-weaver in a double bind -- Modthryth as spectacle and spectator
Responsibility:	Gillian R. Overing.
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