The History of Literature

The History of Literature


108 Beowulf (aka Need a Hero? Get a Grip…)

September 07, 2017

The poem called Beowulf (ca. 850 AD) was composed in Old English during what is known as the Middle Ages. Telling the tale of a hero who fights two monsters and a dragon, the three-thousand-line poem is traditionally viewed as one of the few bits of br...