Beowulf

SUMMARY: Written in Old English sometime before the tenth century A.D., this classic tale describes the adventures of a great Danish warrior of the sixth century Fiction,General,Fiction - General,Literary Criticism,Medieval,Poetry,Sagas,Romance & Sagas

composed Toward The End Of The First Millennium, Beowulf Is The Elegiac Narrative Of The Scandinavian Hero Who Saves The Danes From The Seemingly Invincible Monster Grendel And, Later, From Grendel's Mother.

An Old English epic poem about a hero of the Geats as he battles three monstrous foes.