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    <body><![CDATA[I read Beowulf in Old English in a Norton Anthology text book.  I've read it three times.  It is our first example of the old Germanic hero in literature.  I would recommend it to anyone.  Of course, you don't have to read it in Old English like I did.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did have to think about some symbolism and what the author was implying for certain aspects of the conflict however after understanding the literary language, this book was very enjoyable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read this version.  We read Beowolf my junior year of High School in English literature. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tolkien was a professor of Old English at Oxford and it is largely through this monograph that Beowulf has come to the prominence it currently enjoys.<br/><br/>It's a dense read and I can well imagine falling asleep in one of his classes, but his insights into poetry, myth, and imagination are wel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4803635">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this 3 times for 3 different classes in college. I hated it every time! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was shocked to find this in my study of Beowulf. Completely intriguing. ]]></body>
    
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