Beowulf and the roots of Anglo-Saxon poetry [videorecording (DVD)] / Cromwell Productions ; written by Pauline Rush ; producer, Vanessa Tovell ; director, Bob Carruthers.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Literary classics | Literary classics (West Long Branch, N.J.)Publication details: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (DVD)(31 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4ISBN:
  • 9781421363356
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 829.108 B481f
LOC classification:
  • PR1585 .B383 2003
Production credits:
  • Camera, Gavin Boot, Chris Weaver ; editor, Nick Guest ; music, Ken Morse.
Presented by Robert Whelan ; narrated by Roy Cane ; readings by Vanessa Adye.Summary: Beowulf is the oldest written epic in English literature. In this program, Dr. Robert DiNapoli--teaching fellow in Old and Middle English at the University of Birmingham, England--and Professor John Burrow of Bristol University examine the symbolism and the influence of Christianity in Beowulf and other masterpieces of English and Germanic poetry. the Wanderer, the Seafarer, the dream of Rood, and the battle of Maldon are also analyzed. The program is an indispensable aid in teaching this watershed period in Western literature
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Camera, Gavin Boot, Chris Weaver ; editor, Nick Guest ; music, Ken Morse.

Presented by Robert Whelan ; narrated by Roy Cane ; readings by Vanessa Adye.

Beowulf is the oldest written epic in English literature. In this program, Dr. Robert DiNapoli--teaching fellow in Old and Middle English at the University of Birmingham, England--and Professor John Burrow of Bristol University examine the symbolism and the influence of Christianity in Beowulf and other masterpieces of English and Germanic poetry. the Wanderer, the Seafarer, the dream of Rood, and the battle of Maldon are also analyzed. The program is an indispensable aid in teaching this watershed period in Western literature

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