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2. Beowulf: The Original Superhero Who Fought Monsters Before Marvel Did

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By ABS, The Literary Scholar Because before Thor had a hammer, Beowulf had a bare chest and a cause Before Superheroes, There Was a Geat Centuries before Hollywood gave us muscle-bound men in capes and billionaires with trauma-fueled tech suits, a poet in a smoky Anglo-Saxon mead hall was chanting the tale of Beowulf—a warrior […]

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From Mead Hall to mic drops, Anglo-Saxon to Contemporary—poetry’s dramatic evolution with flair and fire. By ABS, The Literary Scholar A.K.A. The Scroll-Bearer of British Verse “Hwæt!” – And So It Begins British poetry began not with roses and romance, but with a growl—“Hwæt!”, the Old English equivalent of “Yo, listen up!”.That’s how Beowulf kicks off. Not