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1 What Tolkien learnt from Beowulf: Representations of Evil Smaug the Golden, Sauron the Terrible, the Balrog of Moria... These are some of J. R. R. Tolkien's… Rafael J. Pascual
2 An Introduction to Beowulf The long Old English heroic poem known to modern audiences as Beowulf is probably the most famous… Daniel Thomas
3 Why should we study Old English Literature? Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and… Francis Leneghan
4 Sutton Hoo helmet Photograph by Ian Harvey of the Sutton Hoo helmet reconstruction. Note the bird flying up the mask… Ian Harvey
5 Making Sense of Ker's Dates: The Origins of Beowulf and Palaeographers Article by Francis Leneghan (was Trinity College Dublin, now St Peter's College, Oxford).… Francis Leneghan
6 Beowulf: A Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North (Part 2) Second part of Marijane Osborn's book Beowulf: A Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient… Marijane Osborn
7 Beowulf: A Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient North (Part 1) First part of Marijane Osborn's book Beowulf: A Verse Translation with Treasures of the Ancient… Marijane Osborn
8 Beowulf - Scyld Scefing's Funeral Beowulf - Scyld Scefing's Funeral - Read in Old English. The location is the reconstructed Anglo-… Matt Love
9 Handout - Structure of Beowulf (Times) A handout breaking Beowulf down into a series of 'times' - i) the distant past; ii) just before the… Stuart Lee
10 Who's Who and Backstory in Beowulf A series of genealogical charts of the major figures in the poem, annotated by event and line… Bruce Gilchrist
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