The Four Funerals in Beowulf by Gale Owen-Crocker (Paperback, 2009)

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It is well known that the old English poem Beowulf begins and ends with funerals and includes the third as a digression part way through. A detailed analysis of the four funerals establishes their thematic and structural importance, revealing them as pillars around which the poem is built.