January 29, 2024

"Beowulf: The Harrowing of Heorot, A Literary Analysis"


Video Title: "Beowulf: The Harrowing of Heorot, A Literary Analysis." Source: Mountains of Books. Date Published: December 19, 2021. Description:

A Christian poem with pagan roots, Beowulf stands as one of the oldest intact pieces of Anglo-Saxon writing. Capturing imaginations for a millennia, the poem has stood the test of time and is a fascinating glimpse into the period of Christianization of England and the new cultural and religious tensions within the Germanic tribes that made up the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. 

Bibliography :

Beowulf - Seamus Heaney Translation 

Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics by J R R Tolkien 

Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of Britain 

The nature of Christianity in Beowulf by Edward Irving 

Water and fire: the myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England by Daniel Anlezark 

"BEOWULF" AND CHRISTIAN TRADITION: A RECONSIDERATION FROM A CELTIC STANCE by CHARLES DONAHUE 

A Critical Companion to Beowulf by Andy Orchard.