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Beowulf: The Pagan Hero Of The Anglo-Saxons | Literary Classics (2024x2)

Air date: Jan 07, 2024

Anglo-Saxon poetry reflects a fourth or fifth-century Pagan reality, creating noble pagan characters, such as Beowulf, in a Christian context. The tension arises as Christian theology requires damnation for these pagan characters, yet the poet sympathetically presents them in a favorable light.