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Myth Reading Group 16 December: Homer’s Odyssey
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 16 December, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join can be found in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Continuing our topic of ‘Food’, we will look at … Continue reading
Infernal Roundtable
Roundtable Session Animals and Mythical Creatures of the Underworld Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 March 2019 12.00 – 1.30 pm Room 5B.124 For our last session of the term we will hold a roundtable discussion on Underworld Animals and Creatures. … Continue reading
Thursday 12 November: The Monsters in Beowulf
The significance of a myth is not easily to be pinned down on paper by analytical reasoning. It is at its best when it is presented by a poet who feels rather than makes explicit what its theme portends; who … Continue reading
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Tagged Beowulf, epic poetry, J. R. R. Tolkien, Old English literature, Seamus Heaney
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