[Gutenberg 981] • Beowulf
![[Gutenberg 981] • Beowulf](/cover/MzahtQU82ckMryGc/big/[Gutenberg%20981]%20%e2%80%a2%20Beowulf.jpg)
- Authors
- Unknown
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Tags
- dragons -- poetry , epic poetry , scandinavia -- poetry , classics , monsters -- poetry , fantasy , poetry , english (old)
- ISBN
- 9780393320978
- Date
- 0975-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.09 MB
- Lang
- en
Beowulf is a major epic of Anglo-Saxon literature, probably composed between the first half of the seventh century and the end of the first millennium. The poem was inspired by the oral tradition Anglo-Saxon and Germanic transcribed a verse epic, recounting the exploits of Beowulf hero who gave his name to the poem, on which are grafted chretiens additions.