Beowulf Websites of Interest
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/ - McMaster University’s English Department
hosts this site that gets into:
 The text
 Characters
 History
 Quizzes
 Links
 Credits
 Translation Manuals
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beowulf.html - University of Pittsburgh’s Professor D. L. Ashliman
(retired May 1, 2000) created this website that summarizes:
 Prologue
 Part One: Beowulf and Grendel
 Part Two: Beowulf and Grendel's Mother
 Part Three: Beowulf and the Dragon
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/16328/16328-h/16328-h.htm - The Guttenberg Organization
provides e-copies of Beowulf. It’s an excellent resource that gives an excellent preface and has modern
translation next to old English text to provide the reader with an easier interpretation of the story:
 Bibliography of Translations
 Glossary of Proper Names
 List of Words and Phrases not in General Use
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/beowulf/ - The British Library has manuscript
pictures, video and a podcast about Beowulf. It also discusses:
 When was Beowulf composed?
 How old is the manuscript?
 The contents of the manuscript
 Who owned the Beowulf-manuscript?
 Why is the manuscript damaged?
 Modern versions of Beowulf
http://www.studyguide.org/beowulf.htm - Study Guide Org is a resource for students, parents
and teachers that gives an excellent overview of:
 Why is Beowulf important? by Araby Greene, Univ. of Nevada
 Maps of the Story’s sites
 Important terms
 Vocabulary
 Study Questions
 Character descriptions
http://www.shmoop.com/beowulf/ (Shmoop and PBS.org are the only education websites to be
honored by the Webby Awards in both 2009 and 2010 .)
 Summary
 Themes
 Characters
 Quotes
 Questions
 Analysis
 Photos/images
 Teaching resources: e.g. quizzes – (can be purchased $5.95)
http://faculty.pingry.k12.nj.us/lyorke/Beowulf.htm An excellent website done by
Pingry School faculty (NJ). Included in depth are:
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Overview
Central Questions
Maps
Pictures & images
Literary terms
Poetic terms
Analysis of structure
http://www.beowulfessays.com/index.html Beowulf Essays available on the web!!
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Beowulf : Pagan or Christian Hero?
The Legend of Beowulf
Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf, Sundiata, and Heroism in the Epic Tradition
The Character of Hrothgar in Beowulf
Kingship And Downfall In Beowulf And Lear
Beowulf and The Poem of the Cid: Epic Legends
Beowulf: The Connections with Rap
Beowulf, Sir Gawain, and Prince Hamlet on the Nature of Man
Beowulf
New Historicism And Raffel's 'Beowulf'
Beowulf vs. Achilles
Beowulf and 'Tristan and Isolde'
Gilgamesh and Beowulf
Christianity In Beowulf
The Heroic Code, as Examined in the Epic Poem, "Beowulf"
Contrasting Beowulf’s Battles With Grendel (and His Mother) and the Dragon
Grendel's Mother in Beowulf
The Significance of the Creatures Grendel, Grendel's Mother and the Dragon in "Beowulf"
"Romeo And Juliet," "Beowulf," "The Epic Of Gilgamesh" And "The Odyssey": Demonstration
Of Epic Qualities That Aristotle Imitates
How Beowulf is the Personification of "the Happy Warrior"
Insight into People Contained in "Beowulf"
The Role of Women in Beowulf and The Romance of Tristan
Beowulf & Song of Roland
The Theme of Courtly Love in “Beowulf,” “The Romance of Tristan,” “Troilus and Criseyde,”
and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”.
Beowulf/A modern perspective
A Critical Evaluation of the Beowulf Hero
Family Ties in Beowulf
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'Beowulf' & Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' / Heroism
Beowulf / An Overview
Beowulf & Gawain / The Role of Women
The Characterization of Grendel in “Beowulf”
Leadership in 'Beowulf' and 'Gilgamesh'
Beowulf/ Symbolism and Allegory
Digressions in Beouwulf.
Hero and Anti Hero: Beowulf and Grendel
Raffel's "Beowulf": The Anglo-Saxon Dramatic Society
Presentation of Kingships in Medieval Literature
Christianity And Medieval Civilization
A Comparison of Beowulf Translations
The Characteristic of Masculinity and Its Problematic Nature
Beowulf the Hero
The Epic of "Forrest Gump"
Demons In Beowulf
Ambition
How Values of Societies Are Mirrored in Classical Literary Works "Epic of Gilgamesth,
"Antigone," "Beowulf," and Plato's "Apology," "Crito," "Euthyphro," and "Phaedo"
Ancient Societies; Greece, Rome and the World of Beowulf
Gender in Beowulf and Malory's Morte Darthur
A Focus on Suffering in Literature During the Medieval Period
Oral Tradition of Poetry: Epic Form
Comparison of Two Societies
The Pride Of Beowulf
Heroes: Beowulf and Jesus
Beowulf and his Non-Human Opponents
The Poetry of Beowulf
Common Themes in Medieval Literature
Use of the Word "Druncen" in Beowulf
Development of English Versification