Notes Type of work: Epic (heroic) poem Date Written: Exact date unknown. Manuscript dates from c. A.D. 1000, but could have been written A.D. 680-800.
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Anglo-Saxons Introductory Guide to Beowulf Introductory Guide to Beowulf.
Anglo-Saxon Period
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Essential Question: How do the conventions of epic literature convey the historical and societal issues of the time period to the reader?
Anglo-Saxon (Beowulf) Review. Background ► Composed around 700 A.D. ► The story had been in circulation as an oral narrative for many years before it.
Setting for Beowulf Settlement of Britain by the Germanic Tribes.
