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The Fairy Story (or Folk-tale if you prefer that name) has at any rate been altered: for in this case it has been welded into the 'history'. And not, I think, for the first time by our poet. Beowulf and the Monster were already grafted onto the court of Heorot before ever he made this poem. But however it was done, by one poet or a succession of them, it caused great changes not only of detail but of tone. And it did not leave the history unaffected. You have only to consider how different is ma
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― Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
― Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell

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― The Himalayan Kingdoms
― The Himalayan Kingdoms

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