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Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

Masterpieces of Old English poetry

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This course is part of the Medieval Studies Summer Programme.

To apply for this course, please enrol on the programme above, and then select the courses you wish to study. For more information about Summer Programmes please visit our Summer Programmes Page.

This course is an introduction to genres, themes, ideas and form of the earliest surviving verse in English. It is an opportunity to study, understand more fully and enjoy distant yet enduringly appealing works, such as Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, the elegies and riddles.

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Course dates

06 Aug 2018 to 10 Aug 2018

Course duration

1 week

Apply by

23 Jul 2018

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

International Summer Programmes
Sidgwick Site
Cambridge
United Kingdom
01223 760850

Teaching sessions

Meetings: 5

Course code

Na4

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    Madingley Hall
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