I was just reading about Beowulf and it seems it survived only on one script and that script nearly was lost in a fire mid 18th century.
So without Beowulf being translated to modern english or even known of, how does English literature evolve and how do we consider the dark ages today?
I´m assuming in TTL Tolkien would end up writing something completely different, but I think Beowulf did influence more than him.
So without Beowulf being translated to modern english or even known of, how does English literature evolve and how do we consider the dark ages today?
I´m assuming in TTL Tolkien would end up writing something completely different, but I think Beowulf did influence more than him.