"Who pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise king born of all England." —Sir Thomas Malory, from Morte d'Arthur Check out the Additional Questions, Hot Links, Internet Activities, and Self-Tests for this unit using the navigation bar at the left.

PART 1: EARTHLY EXILE, HEAVENLY HOME
Comparing Literary Works
Burton Raffel, Translator	The Seafarer	Poem	16
Charles W. Kennedy, Translator	The Wanderer	Poem	21
Ann Stanford, Translator	The Wife's Lament	Poem	25
PART 2: FOCUS ON LITERARY FORMS: THE EPIC
Burton Raffel, Translator	from Beowulf
	The Wrath of Grendel	Epic	39
	The Coming of Beowulf	Epic	41
	The Battle with Grendel	Epic	46
	The Monsters' Lair	Epic	49
	The Battle with Grendel's Mother	Epic	50
	The Last Battle	Epic	54
	The Spoils	Epic	58
	The Farewell	Epic	59
PART 3: A NATIONAL SPIRIT
Comparing Literary Works
Bede	from A History of the English Church and People	Nonfiction	74
Anne Savage, Translator	from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle	Nonfiction	79
Geoffrey Chaucer	from The Canterbury Tales
	The Prologue	Poem	94
	The Nun's Priest's Tale	Poem	119
	The Pardoner's Tale	Poem	141
PART 4: PERILS AND ADVENTURES
Comparing Literary Works
Marie Borroff, Translator	from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Poem	162
Sir Thomas Malory	from Morte d' Arthur	Fiction	176
Comparing Literary Works
Margaret Paston	Letters of Margaret Paston	Nonfiction	190
Anonymous	The Twa Corbies	Poem	194
Anonymous	Lord Randall	Poem	195
Anonymous	Get Up and Bar the Door	Poem	196
Anonymous	Barbara Allan	Poem	198