English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

CHAPTER III.

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ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE AND HISTORY.

The Lineage of the Anglo-Saxon--Earliest Saxon Poem--Metrical Arrangement--Periphrasis and Alliteration--Beowulf--Caedmon--Other Saxon Fragments--The Appearance of Bede