Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Greer, Allen W.

Abstract

This study of King Horn, the earliest extant Middle English verse romance that has chanced to survive, includes a brief survey of the criticism, both historical and textual, that is available in English. It is also an attempt to extend the view that King Horn, aside from its historical value, is a poem in its own right , an artistic achievement possessing a shaped structure and unity. Three themes, those of exile and return, growth to maturity of the hero, and the restoration of order, are discussed in order to reveal their importance to the structure and their contribution to the poem as a whole.

Extent

58 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13665

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