The book A History of Epic Poetry (Post-Virgilian) was written by author Clark, John, 1814-1870 Here you can read free online of A History of Epic Poetry (Post-Virgilian) book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A History of Epic Poetry (Post-Virgilian) a good or bad book?
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He received in the fight a fatal hurt from its poisonous fangs. The ten accompanying thanes basely abstained from rendering assistance during the fight. Beowulf was buried on Whalesness, as he himself had directed. His death cast a gloom over Gothland. The poet, by the mouth of one of his characters, grimly says that, as a result of the hero's removal, the time is approaching when ' the dark raven, in converse with the eagle, will boast of the feast he enjoyed in the company of the wolf.' The B...eowulf, who fought by the side of the historic Chochilaicus, is himself historic, and was beyond doubt a warrior of exceptional worth. Apart from the charm of Beowulf's personality, the attractiveness of the poem rests on a certain multifarious- The attrac= "^®^" "'■'■ ^* ^^ variety that pleases the tiveness of discerning reader, the promise of fulness of the poem £^j.g jj^ f^^^. ^^^ character, the suggestions of legend -and history, of turbulence in high places, of grandeur and royalty. There is an abundance of men and women in the poem, in real acting attitude, if not in activity.
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