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September 27, 2016

Michael Wood - In search of Beowulf (2009)

"There's still poetry in these islands. Until the dragon comes."

Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf and drawing on other Anglo-Saxon classics, he traces the birth of English poetry back to the Dark Ages.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 27, 2016 09:02 PM