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Beowulf (c. 700-1000 AD)
The oldest surviving epic poem in English. The warrior Beowulf sails to Denmark to fight the monster Grendel, then Grendel's mother, and finally — decades later — a dragon. A tale of heroism, mortality, and the passage of time.
Historical Significance:
Composed in Old English sometime between the 8th and early 11th centuries, Beowulf survives in a single manuscript (Cotton MS Vitellius A.xv) that was nearly destroyed in a fire in 1731. The poem was largely ignored u...
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The oldest surviving epic poem in English. The warrior Beowulf sails to Denmark to fight the monster Grendel, then Grendel's mother, and finally — decades later — a dragon. A tale of heroism, mortality, and the passage of time.
Historical Significance:
Composed in Old English sometime between the 8th and early 11th centuries, Beowulf survives in a single manuscript (Cotton MS Vitellius A.xv) that was nearly destroyed in a fire in 1731. The poem was largely ignored u...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=242
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