 | Narrative Pulse of Beowulf: Arrivals and Departures John M. Hill discerns a distinctive 'narrative pulse' arising out of the poem's many scenes of arrival and departure. He argues that such scenes, far from being fixed or 'type' scenes, are socially dramatic and a key to understanding the structural density of the poem. Hill John M : John M. Hill is a professor in the English Department at the U.S. Naval Academy. |
