Grendel is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, believed to be written between AD 700 and AD 1000, and is one of the three antagonists of the story.
There is a great work of literature that includes the beast, Grendel. In the story of Beowulf, the eponymous hero slays the monster, Grendel.
1- What is literature? 2- What is said to be the beginning of English Literature? 3- How many divisions can be made in the history of English Literature? 4- Name some of the great poets in English Literature. 5- Among Novel, Poetry, Drama, Essays, which one is the most dominating throughout the history of English Literature?
Alfred the Great.
John Robert Reed has written: 'Victorian conventions' -- subject(s): Social conditions, English literature, History and criticism 'Victorian will' -- subject(s): English Philosophy, English fiction, Fate and fatalism in literature, Free will and determinism in literature, History and criticism, Philosophy in literature, Philosophy, English, Will in literature 'Life sentences' 'Dickens and Thackeray' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, Didactic fiction, English, English Didactic fiction, English fiction, Ethics, Forgiveness in literature, History, History and criticism, Literature and society, Punishment in literature 'The Winter of the Robot' 'Old school ties' -- subject(s): English literature, Education in literature, History and criticism, Endowed public schools (Great Britain), Public schools, Endowed (Great Britain)
William Thomas Lowndes has written: 'The bibliographer's manual of English literature, containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English literature, Periodicals, Societies, Great Britain, Imprints 'The bibliographer's manual of English literature, containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English literature, Periodicals, Societies 'The bibliographer's manual of English literature containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books' -- subject(s): Bibliography, English literature, Imprints, Periodicals, Books, Prices, Rare books, Societies
Victor E. Neuburg has written: 'Penny Histories' 'Chapbook Bibliography' 'Popular literature a history and guide' -- subject(s): English literature, History and criticism 'Vickybird' -- subject(s): Biography, English Poets 'Gone for a soldier' -- subject(s): Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Military life 'Popular Education in Eighteenth Century' 'The Batsford companion to popular literature' -- subject(s): American literature, Dictionaries, English literature, Popular literature
"Beowulf" is often considered England's first great work of English literature. It is an epic poem that dates back to the early medieval period and explores themes of heroism, warfare, and loyalty.
Paul S. Fiddes has written: 'Past event and present salvation' -- subject(s): Atonement, Doctrinal, Theology 'Freedom and limit' -- subject(s): Christian literature, English, Christianity, Christianity and literature, Criticism, English Christian literature, English literature, Great Britain, History and criticism, Religious aspects of Criticism, Theology in literature
Andrew Varney has written: 'Eighteenth-century writers in their world' -- subject(s): English literature, History and criticism, Literature and society, Great Britain, History, Literature and history
The book that can be helpful in understanding everything about English literature is The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
F. R. Leavis has written: 'Sotto che re, briccone?' 'Determinations' 'Reading out poetry and Eugenio Montale' 'The living principle' 'Scrutiny' -- subject(s): Criticism, History and criticism, English literature, Periodicals, Scrutiny, History 'A selection from Scrutiny' -- subject(s): English literature, Criticism, History and criticism 'Culture and environment' 'Determinations' -- subject(s): Criticism, English literature, History and criticism 'Revaluation; tradition & development in English poetry' -- subject(s): History and criticism, English poetry 'Two cultures? The significance of C.P. Snow' -- subject(s): Science and the humanities 'Thought, words and creativity' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation 'The great tradition' 'D H Lawrence Novelist (Peregrine Books)' 'D.H. Lawrence, novelist' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, English Psychological fiction, History and criticism, Psychological fiction, English, Roman 'D.H. Lawrence' 'English literature in our time and the university' 'The common pursuit' -- subject(s): English literature, History and criticism, Addresses, essays, lectures 'Letters in criticism' -- subject(s): Correspondence, Critics, Literature, Theory, History and criticism 'For continuity' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Criticism, English literature, American literature 'Revaluation (Peregrine Books)' 'English Literature in our Time and the University' -- subject(s): Education, Higher, English literature, Higher Education, History and criticism, Universities and colleges 'The great tradition' 'Towards Standards of Criticism' 'The great tradition' -- subject(s): Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, English fiction, English literature, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 'Nor shall my sword' 'Anna Karenina and other essays' -- subject(s): History and criticism, English literature, American literature, Literature 'Anna Karenina, and other essays' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, English literature, American literature
Bertram Lloyd has written: 'The great kinship' -- subject(s): Poetry, Birds, Animals, English poetry, Animals in literature, Birds in literature