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11 de ago. de 2024 · Beowulf Chapter 1. Alternative Title. The Tale of Beowulf Done Out of the Old English Tongue. Creator. William Morris, translator. A. J. Wyatt. Publisher. London: Longmans, Green & Co. Subject. Anglo-saxon legend. Coverage. medieval Scandinavia.
30 de jul. de 2024 · Beowulf, heroic poem, the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century and is believed by some to have been composed in the 8th century. Learn more about Beowulf in this article.
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- Beowulf is a heroic poem, considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with eve...
- Beowulf takes place in early 6th-century Scandinavia, primarily in what is known today as Denmark and Sweden.
- The author of Beowulf is unknown. It is possible that the poem was composed by and transmitted between several different poets before it was preser...
- Upon his return to Heorot, Beowulf presents to King Hrothgar Grendel’s decapitated head and the jeweled hilt of the sword he used to kill Grendel’s...
- There is no evidence of a historical Beowulf, but other characters, sites, and events in the poem can be historically verified. For example, the po...
Hace 4 días · C omposed by an anonymous poet between the 8th and 11th centuries, Beowulf is the first great work of English literature. It looks back to the adventures of its exemplary hero in the Scandinavian/Germanic world from which its hearers' ancestors came.
- Ted Bergfelt
- 2017
30 de jul. de 2024 · Beowulf - Epic Poem, Old English, Hero: Beowulf belongs metrically, stylistically, and thematically to a heroic tradition grounded in Germanic religion and mythology. It is also part of the broader tradition of heroic poetry.
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12 de ago. de 2024 · PDF Cite. Last Updated August 15, 2024. SOURCE: An Introduction to “Beowulf” and the “Beowulf” Manuscript, Rutgers University Press, 1981, pp. 3-12. [ In the essay below, Kiernan reviews...
Hace 5 días · The formulaic materials may usefully be considered in four groupings: (1) the epithet and brief modifying formula, (2) the sentence formula, (3) the larger rhetorical patterns that employ formulas...
4 de ago. de 2024 · For the narration of the entire poem, the Beowulf-poet adopted the point of view of an omniscient author, of an epic teller, who observes and records the physical action, describes what Beowulf...
