Grendel and the Gifstol: A Legal View of Monsters
William A. Chaney
Grendel's feud against Hrothgar and his Danes has been requited not only by the hand of Beowulf but scholarly shafts which have nailed monster to watery lair. Outside natural habitat, however, Grendel is still a problem in nocturnal visits royal hall Heorot.
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