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Beowulf and the First Dragon of English Literaturewith Dr Sam Newtonat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
“A dragon is no idle fancy. Whatever may be his origins… the dragon in legend is a potent creation of men’s imagination, richer in significance than his barrow is in gold” (J.R.R.Tolkien).
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10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
10.15 | The Dragon of Northern Legend | ||
11.15 | Coffee | ||
11.30 | The Dragon’s Treasure | ||
12.30 | Lunch break | ||
14:00 | The Dragon Awakes | ||
15:00 | Tea break | ||
15:15 | Beowulf’s Last Battle | ||
16:15 | Close |
Dr Sam Newton is an independent historian who has lectured widely around the country as well as contributing to many television and radio programmes. In 1993 he published his first book, The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia, now in its fourth print run. His second book, The Reckoning of King Rædwald, was published in 2003. He is also a Director of Wuffing Education at Sutton Hoo and regular Time Team historian.
Alexander, M. (tr.), The Earliest English Poems (Penguin Classics 1966)
Alexander, M. (tr.), Beowulf: A Glossed Text (Penguin Classics 1995, 2000)
Bjork, R.E., & J.D.Niles (eds), A Beowulf Handbook (Nebraska University 1997, 1998)
Fulk, R. (ed.), Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology (Indiana University 1991)
Garmonsway, G., & J.Simpson, Beowulf and Its Analogues (Dent 1968, 1980)
Heaney, S. (tr.), Beowulf (Faber & Faber 1999)
Lee, S. D., & E. Solopova, The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
Mitchell, B., & F.Robinson (eds), Beowulf (Blackwell 1998)
Newton, S., The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia (Brewer 1993, 1994, 1999, 2004)
Orchard, A., Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript (Brewer 1995)
Orchard, A., A Critical Companion to Beowulf (Brewer 2003)
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Wuffing Education,
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