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S03E10: HUM213 Wk 6 The Cowherd Who Couldn't Sing: Beowulf, Caedmon, and the Song in the Dark
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HUM 213 Week 6 – The Cowherd Who Couldn't Sing: Beowulf, Caedmon, and the Song in the Dark
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A shy cowherd slips out of a feast so no one will hand him the harp, and that night a dream turns him into the first named poet in the English language. Dr. S tells the story of Caedmon's Hymn alongside Beowulf: the monster-haunted mead-hall, a hero who believes glory is the only thing that outlasts death, an old king staring down a dragon, and one of the most heartbreaking passages on grief ever written. Along the way: a manuscript that nearly burned, a ship burial full of gold, the…
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