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Beowulf and Sutton Hoo
with Dr Sam Newtonat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
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| 10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
| 10.15 | The Golden World of Beowulf | ||
| 11.15 | Coffee | ||
| 11.30 | Beowulf and Pre-Christian Burial-Rites | ||
| 12.30 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 | The Royal Rite of Ship-Funeral | ||
| 15:00 | Tea break | ||
| 15:15 | Beowulf and the Wuffings | ||
| 16:15 | Close |
Sam Newton was awarded his Ph.D at the University of East Anglia in 1991 and published his first book, The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia, in 1993, which has been reprinted three times since. He has lectured widely around the country as a free-lance scholar and has also contributed to many television and radio programmes. His latest book, The Reckoning of King Rædwald, was published in 2003. He is currently a Director of Wuffing Education, NADFAS lecturer, and Time Team historian.
Alexander, M. (tr.), Beowulf: A Glossed Text (Penguin Classics 1995, 2000)
Bruce-Mitford, R., Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Gollancz 1974)
Bjork, R.E., & J.D.Niles (eds), A Beowulf Handbook (Nebraska University 1997, 1998)
Evans, A.C., The Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial (British Museum 1986)
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)
Newton, S., The Reckoning of King Rædwald (Redbird 2003)
Orchard, A., A Critical Companion to Beowulf (Brewer 2003)
Plunkett, S.J., Suffolk in Anglo-Saxon Times (Tempus 2005)
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Wuffing Education,
4 Hilly Fields,
Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4DX
(tel : 01394 386498)
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