| It used to be called Beowulf Crescent but the name was changed years ago, in common with many other streets in York. |
| The two-man chorus is lent an alliterative, Anglo-Saxon form reminiscent of Heaney's Beowulf. |
| Seamus Heaney is one of the United Kingdom's most respected poets and Beowulf stands as one of the greatest epic poems in English literature. |
| By the seventh century, scribes had written down Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the oral epic poem, Beowulf. |
| With the absence of humility, yet his important role in society and his ideals of chivalry, Beowulf was the definition of a hero in his own time. |
| Aelfred, Bede, and Beowulf are thoroughly covered, sprinkled yeastily throughout the text. |
