Caedmon’s Hymn:
The First English Poet
ENGLISH POETRY BEGAN with a vision. It started with the holy trance of a seventh-century figure called Caedmon, an illiterate herdsman, who now stands at the top of the English literary tradition as the initial Anglo-Saxon or Old English poet of record, the first to compose Christian poetry in his own language. The story goes … Continue reading Caedmon’s Hymn:
The First English Poet
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