The Classic English Literature Podcast

Love and Loss in Anglo-Saxon Poetry

February 26, 2023 M. G. McDonough Season 1 Episode 20
The Classic English Literature Podcast
Love and Loss in Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Show Notes

A Subcast episode!  Let's read two Old English poems that treat the female experience in Anglo-Saxon England: "Wulf and Eadwacer" and "The Wife's Lament" -- the only surviving OE poems written in a woman's voice!

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