On the Legacy of Beowulf in Film and Literature
By Michael Conroy I’m going to talk about Beowulf, one of my favourite epic poems. Composed by an unknown poet, it was written in about the year 1000, having previously been disseminated by numerous Anglo-Saxon scops (bards) who had to memorise the entire thing. That’s around 3000 lines. I could talk forever about how interesting it…


