Beowulf the Epic of Beowulf Thesis

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The tale would not be told at a single event, but it would be narrated with one event from the hero's life at a time. Also, the singer had to recount the story of the hero as it was and he was usually a very educated man with great knowledge of history and of poetry. (Snell, M)

It is believed that the Angles and the Scandinavians kept in touch and exchanged cultural experiences until the 7th century when the Angles converted to Christianity.
(Snell, M)

The poem is very likely to have suffered changes as the years passed and many of the episodes that it contains in the present have been added by various writers and poets. Clearly, the poem had been altered by the Christians also and by their attempt to change it so that it could favor religion and It was published several times under a variety of forms from as late as 1705, when Humphrey Wanley illustrated it in his catalogue.

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