A BRIEF SKETCH OF LITERARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH
OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE The pre- Christian Anglo-Saxon poetry By the end of the sixth century England fell in the control of the Teutonic tribes who left the peninsula of Denmark and sought a new place in Britannia, which was then the territory of Rome. These Teutonics were actually the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. Though being furious and violent, they were a singing folk. They sang the war deeds and also sang about the past happenings. They were freemen but attached to the court. They loved nature's beauty and jihad a deep respect to womanhood. The Anglo-Saxon had a strong faith in Pagan gods like Mother Earth, Father Heaven and their son, the lovely summer. The greatest work of the Teutonic race is the 'Beowulf' Beowulf as a folk epic: The epic may be called as a long rhythmic narrative , which is filled by heroic characters and supernatural agencies who remain under the control of a perfect destiny. The theme sphe...