As it set out upon its... «Beowulf: The monsters and the critics»
innashpitzberg29 июня 2013As it set out upon its adventures am ong the modern scholars, Beowulf was christened by Wanley Poesis— Poeseos Anglo'Saxonicæ egregium exemplum. But the fairy godmother later invited to superintend its fortunes was Historia. And she brought with her Philologia, Mythologia, Archaeologia, and Laographia. Excellent ladies. But where was the child's name-sake? Poesis was usually forgotten; occasionally admitted by a side-door; sometimes dismissed upon the door-step.
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