Beowulf Summary Analysis With Exam Points

Описание: #aksrajveer #literaturelovers #ugcnetenglish #ugcnetenglishliterature Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative lines. It is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. It was written in England some time between the 8th and the early 11th century. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet". The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland (Götaland in modern Sweden) and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. The full poem survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex (Cotton Vitellius) , located in the British Library. It has no title in the original manuscript, but has become known by the name of the story's protagonist. The first-recorded owner of Beowulf is Laurence Nowell. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through Ashburnham House in London that had a collection of medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney translated in 1999 and finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Beowulf influenced writers like – W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney.


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