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  2. Old English literature - Wikipedia

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    Old English literature has had some influence on modern literature, and notable poets have translated and incorporated Old English poetry. Well-known early translations include Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's translation of The Battle of Brunanburh , William Morris 's translation of Beowulf , and Ezra Pound 's translation of The Seafarer .

  3. English poetry - Wikipedia

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    English Renaissance poetry after the Elizabethan poetry can be seen as belonging to one of three strains; the Metaphysical poets, the Cavalier poets and the school of Spenser. However, the boundaries between these three groups are not always clear and an individual poet could write in more than one manner.

  4. Category:Old English poems - Wikipedia

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  5. Old English - Wikipedia

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    There are also a number of extant prose works, such as sermons and saints' lives, biblical translations, and translated Latin works of the early Church Fathers, legal documents, such as laws and wills, and practical works on grammar, medicine, and geography. Still, poetry is considered the heart of Old English literature.

  6. List of epic poems - Wikipedia

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    Beowulf (Old English) Waldere, Old English version of the story told in Waltharius (below), known only as a brief fragment; Alpamysh, a Turkic epic; Karolus magnus et Leo papa (Carolingian, Latin, before 814) Daredevils of Sassoun ; Bhagavata Purana "Stories of the Lord", based on earlier sources; Lay of Hildebrand and Muspilli (Old High German ...

  7. Category:Old English poetry - Wikipedia

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    E. Exeter Book; Exeter Book Riddle 5; Exeter Book Riddle 7; Exeter Book riddle 9; Exeter Book Riddle 12; Exeter Book Riddle 24; Exeter Book Riddle 25; Exeter Book Riddle 26

  8. The Wanderer (Old English poem) - Wikipedia

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    Old English Poetry in Facsimile project Digital edition and translation of The Wanderer using facsimile manuscript images, with extensive editorial notes; Foys, Martin, et al., eds. (Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019-) The Wanderer: An Old English Poem Online annotated modern English ...

  9. Maxims (Old English poems) - Wikipedia

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    "Maxims I" (sometimes treated as three separate poems, "Maxims I, A, B and C") and "Maxims II" are pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem "Maxims I" can be found in the Exeter Book and "Maxims II" is located in a lesser known manuscript, London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B i.