It could be the plot of Hollywood's latest blockbuster movie. But this is the story of Beowulf, a poem once told in timber-framed barns in Anglo-Saxon England, to the raucous noise of the mead ...
and how the pagan elements in the poem relate to the Christian ones. For much of the nineteenth century, many scholars believed that they could discern in Beowulf an original pagan core overlaid ...
The animal motifs on the helmet, as well as other artifacts found at Sutton Hoo, have led archaeologists to link the burial with the epic poem "Beowulf," an Old English tale that connects East ...
Kaveh Akbar, a National Book Award finalist, will take part in the Arts and Letters Live program at the Dallas Museum of Art ...
Beowulf (circa 700–1000). Arguably the oldest poem in the English language, Beowulf has weathered the test of time. It is as vital for readers today as it was for listeners who heard it recited ...
The heroic warrior Beowulf. The epic poem Beowulf, which survives in a single manuscript dating from around 1000 AD, and was almost completely unknown until its rediscovery in the 19th century ...
The events of the poem are set in Scandanavia. Hrothgar - King of the Danes - builds a mead hall called Heorot but comes under attack from a monster called Grendel. Beowulf, a prince of Geatland ...