Beowulf, Old English Saga(8th century)

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Beowulf and the dragon

Just the Facts:

• Name: Beowulf
• Date: 8th century
• Place: Emgland
• Language: Old English/Anglo-Saxon
• What it is: Old English saga in which a Swedish hero comes to the aid of the Danes in slaying the monster Grendel and his mother; later, as an aged king, he slays a dragon, which in dying slays him in turn; probably the oldest long poem in English
• Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom; GC

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