Heroic epic in the literature of the early Middle ages. Poem “Beowulf”. Plan: I. Introduction II. Theme: Heroic epic in the literature of the early Middle ages

Full digital facsimile of the manuscript on the British Library's Digitised Manuscripts website

Electronic Beowulf, edited by Kevin Kiernan, 4th online edition (University of Kentucky/The British Library, 2015)

Beowulf manuscript in The British Library's Online Gallery, with short summary and podcast

Annotated List of Beowulf Translations: The List – Arizonal Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

online text (digitised from Elliott van Kirk Dobbie (ed.), Beowulf and Judith, Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, 4 (New York, 1953))

Beowulf introduction Article introducing various translations and adaptations of Beowulf

Beowulf, translated by John Lesslie Hall at Standard Ebooks


Contents

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2

Main part …………………………………………………………. 6

Synopsis ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 7

Characters ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7

Part One: Beowulf and Grendel ……………………………………… 9

Part Two: Grendel's Mother …………………………………………. 16

Part Three: Beowulf and the Dragon ……………………………….. 20

Final battle: The dragon ………………………………………….. 27

Analysis ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 27

Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………… 31

Paganism and Christianity ………………………………………. 32

Politics and warfare ………………………………………………. 34

Resources ………………………………………………………….. 35

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