Beowulf and Arthurian Legends

TEXTS

 • "Beowulf" Excerpts in Old English (with audio)

Click on the numbered links in each section to get to the audio files.

 • "Beowulf" Audio Recordings

Excerpts from Seamus Heaney's translation, read by Heaney himself. 

 • Sir Gawain & the Green Knight

Excerpts from Seamus Heaney's translation, read by Heaney himself.

Beowulf RESOURCES

 • Old English Language and Culture

 • A Concise History of the English Language

 • Why read "Beowulf?"

 • "Beowulf" for Dummies

 • "Beowulf" Summary in Detail

 • Resources for the Study of "Beowulf"

 • "Beowulf" in Cyberspace

 • "Beowulf" in HyperText

 • BBC Page on Anglo-Saxon History

 • King Arthur: A Man for the Ages

 • Gawain

 • A Character Analysis of Sir Gawain

 • Sir Gawain & the Green Knight