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The Nibelungenlied: A Romance of Disaster and Death By Gabriel Blanchard Romance; treachery; vengeance; many unpronounceable names: here we have the ingredients of high epic. The Nibelungenlied, or …

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Sep 3 2021

Student Essay: Beowulf and Ecclesiastes

Great Works & Authors, Student Essay / By Caleb Dummermuth

Student Essay: Beowulf and Ecclesiastes By Caleb Dummermuth The Old English epic and the biblical book share the same lament and the same hope. Ecclesiastes is a sobering …

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Jan 18 2021

Virgil: The Flame of Rome

Great Works & Authors / By Matt McKeown

Virgil: The Flame of Rome By Matt McKeown As Jove rescued Æneas from the fires of Troy’s destruction, so the divine Augustus saved the Æneid from its author’s …

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