Eowulf and Old English Literature Beowulf is the Oldest Surviving Northern European Epic.
Beowulf Context. Beowulf: Context Review Composed in England by an unknown Anglo-Saxon poet (c. 750) Set in Scandinavia just before Anglo-Saxon migration.
Periods of British Lit
THE BUILDING OF AN AMERICAN EMPIRE American Imperialism and the Spanish-American War.
Why Immigrants Came? Jobs - factories, mines, railroads, farms Free Land - Homestead Act Education – free public schools Freedom – political and religious.