Beowulf, The Epic Hero | Book Review | 015
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The book on Amazon. Beowulf is a wonderful ancient story of a larger-than-life man named Beowulf. In the podcast we discuss our thoughts after reading the book and how Beowulf is a timeless story. Features of this Episode We discuss Tolkien's seminal lecture, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics Ted Sherman's Lecture on Tolkien's Lecture The Writer and Audience of Beowulf The need for Stories
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