ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The poem Beowulf, which often begins the traditional canon of English literature, is the most famous work of Old English literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most important work of literature written in Old English is the epic poem Beowulf.” No one known the name of Beowulf’s author, but scholars believe that the poem was composed sometime in the late 10th or early 11th centuries AD. Only one copy of Beowulf has survived to the modern era.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Wanderer conveys the meditations of a solitary exile on his past happiness as a member of his lord’s band of retainers, his present hardships and the values of forbearance and faith in the heavenly Lord.

Detailed explanation-4: -Beowulf, the longest surviving Old English poem, is a good example of this in its own right, but it also shows signs of the rich tradition of heroic poetry that flourished after the settlement of Germanic peoples in Britain from the 5th century onwards.