Beowulf and the North before the Vikings by Tom Shippey, Tom Shippey
Beowulf and the North before the Vikings

Tom Shippey, Tom Shippey

Beowulf and the North before the Vikings

Tom Shippey, Tom Shippey

136 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
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Ever since Tolkien’s famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem Beowulf is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This book challenges that view, and argues that the poem provides a plausible, detailed, an...

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