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By: Leonel, Azeneth, Anglica, Ana C y Karen

Anglo-Saxon literature

Writers: Anonymous, Caedmon

CAEDMONS HYMN (completed in 731).

Epic Poem:BEOWULF 7th century

Cynewulf

King Alfred's Works


The Pastor's Book

OLD ENGLISH PROSE


Prose developed later than poetry - in the ninth century

The Fates of the Apostles.

The Ascension

Baede 's Church History

but sometimes it also partly contained the characteristics of poetry. It was influenced by Latin, the language of the church and the educated.

Juliana

Elene

It consisted of factual, historical, and religious writings.

The seafarer The wanderer "The Wife's Lament"

The ruin

literature Works

"The Husband's Message".

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