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BARRONS BOOK NOTES ™ on CD-ROM Windows ™ Ver. 2.0
Beowulf (Germany) Historical Document
650 AD
BEOWULF
by Lewis Warsh
SERIES EDITOR
Michael Spring, Editor
Literary Cavalcade, Scholastic Inc.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to acknowledge the many painstaking hours of work
Holly Hughes and Thomas F. Hirsch have devoted to making the
Book Notes series a success.
(C) Copyright 1984 by Barrons Educational Series, Inc.
Electronically Enhanced Text (C) Copyright 1993, World Library, Inc.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
THE POEM
Other Elements
A STEP BEYOND
AUTHOR_AND_HIS_TIMES
THE AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES (BEOWAUTH)
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Who wrote Beowulf- the oldest known epic poem written in English- is
a question that has mystified readers for centuries. Its generally
thought that the poem was performed orally by the poet before a “live”
audience, and that in this way it eventually passed down to readers
and listeners. Another theory is that the poem was recited by memory
by a “scop,” a traveling entertainer who went from court to court,
singing songs and telling stories, until it was finally