Beowulf and the North before the Vikings (4, 2022) | Tom Shippey

Arc Humanities Press

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Ever since Tolkiens 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, and consist…