Beowulf is one of the great works of Anglo Saxon literature. It's an epic Old English poem. Grendel is the monster terrorizing the mead hall. Beowulf is Scandinavian hero who comes to kill the monster. Alas, the monster has a mother, and you know how mothers react when their children are threatened or killed...

Beowulf is one of the great works of Anglo Saxon literature. It's an epic Old English poem. Grendel is the monster terrorizing the mead hall. Beowulf is Scandinavian hero who comes to kill the monster. Alas, the monster has a mother, and you know how mothers react when their children are threatened or killed...

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Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines. It is possibly 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 Classic Complete Beowulf - THE figure which meets us as we enter on the study of Heroes of the British Race is one which appeals to us in a very special way, since he is the one hero in whose legend we may see the ideals of our English forefathers before they left their Continental home to settle in this island. Opinions may differ as to the date at which the poem of "Beowulf" was written, the place in which it was localised, and the religion of the poet who combined the floating legends into one epic whole, but all must accept the poem as embodying the life and feelings of our...