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Welcome to the Readings in Poetry page for the Advanced Old English Series in which students explore, in alternating months, a work of prose and then a work of poetry to introduce students to the breadth and depth of Old English texts available for study. Each month Dr. Swain surveys the group to see what they want to tackle next from month to month.
Required Texts
Saints’ Lives were a major and important genre of literature and were composed in prose and poetry. In this module we will look at the poem, Guthlac B, exploring the life (and death) of Saint Guthlac of Croyland.
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Days and Times
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 7:00 PM Eastern for three 1-hour sessions on April 1, 4, 8, (skip 11), then four 1-and-a-quarter hour sessions on April 15, 18, 22, 25