The German Hero: Politics & Pragmatism: Politics and Pragmatism in Early Medieval Poetry

by Brian Murdoch

In The Germanic Hero Brian Murdoch looks at the role the warrior-hero plays within a set of predetermined political and social constraints. the hero is not a sword-wielding barbarian, bent only upon establishing his own fame; such fame-seekers (including some famous medieval literary figures) might even fall outside the definition of the Germanic hero, the real value of whose deeds are given meaning only within the political construct. Individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B003B49XNC
• ISBN13: 9781852851439
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"