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OverviewBeowulf's presence on the popular cultural radar has increased in the past two decades, coincident with cultural crisis and change. Why? By way of a fusion of cultural studies, adaptation theory, and monster theory, Beowulf's Popular Afterlife examines a wide range of Anglo-American retellings and appropriations found in literary texts, comic books, and film. The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its monsters, frequently victims of organized militarism, male aggression, or social injustice, are provided with strong motives for their retaliatory brutality. Popular adaptations invert the heroic ideology of the poem, and monsters are not only created by powerful men but are projections of their own pathological behavior. At the same time there is no question that the monsters created by human malfeasance must be eradicated. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kathleen ForniPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.426kg ISBN: 9781138609839ISBN 10: 1138609838 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 04 June 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter One Introduction: Why Beowulf? Chapter Two Beowulf's Monsters Retellings Chapter Three Adult Fiction Chapter Four Beowulf for Kids Chapter Five Comic Books Chapter Six Film and T.V. Chapter Seven Appropriations Across Genres and Media Chapter Eight Conclusion, or, The Monsters are the Critics Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationKathleen Forni is a Professor in the English Department at Loyola University Maryland. Her previous publications include, in addition to a number of journal articles, three books examining the formation of Chaucer's canon and Chaucer's twentieth-century reception. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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