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Renaissance Man Steve "Mongo" Kaniuga And The Architecture Of East Campus, University Libraries
Renaissance Man Steve "Mongo" Kaniuga And The Architecture Of East Campus, University Libraries
East Campus Oral Histories
WMU Alum Steve "Mongo" Kaniuga shares memories and stories of his time as a student on East Campus over a phone call with Cassie Kotrch.
Architectural Representation And The Dragon’S Lair In Beowulf, Margaret Heeschen
Architectural Representation And The Dragon’S Lair In Beowulf, Margaret Heeschen
Masters Theses
Since the early twentieth century, the dragon’s lair of Beowulf has been primarily associated with the early megalithic mounds of northern Europe. This interpretation of the space, however, does not account for the many contradictions present in the poet’s descriptions. In order to fully understand the quiddity of the dragon’s lair, we must resolve three major issues with previous interpretations: the use of rare words with unclear meanings, contradictions in descriptions of the physical space, and an assumption by scholars that the poet is describing a single type of space identifiable in the historical record. By addressing each of these …