581 The Venerable Bede (with Michelle P. Brown) | My Last Book with Adrian Edwards
The History of Literature
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Melding Christianity with pre-Christian tradition in Old English poetry
Discussion of the merging of Christianity and a pre-Christian oral tradition in Beowulf and Bede's writing, as well as the influence of Old English poetry and Latin poets. Also explores the possibility of an earlier backstory for Beowulf and compares Irish literature.
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