| '''Beowulf''' is an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] epic poem of [[unknown]] [[authorship]], dating as recorded in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowell_Codex Nowell Codex] manuscript from between the 8th and the early 11th century, set in Denmark and Sweden. Commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon [[literature]], Beowulf has been the subject of much scholarly [[study]], [[theory]], speculation, [[discourse]], and, at 3182 lines, has been noted for its length. | | '''Beowulf''' is an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] epic poem of [[unknown]] [[authorship]], dating as recorded in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowell_Codex Nowell Codex] manuscript from between the 8th and the early 11th century, set in Denmark and Sweden. Commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon [[literature]], Beowulf has been the subject of much scholarly [[study]], [[theory]], speculation, [[discourse]], and, at 3182 lines, has been noted for its length. |