Beowulf
John Lesslie Hall
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(Independently published, March 30, 2020)
Differentiated book• It has a historical context with research of the time-John Lesslie Hall (March 2, 1856 - February 23, 1928), also known as J. Lesslie Hall, was an American scholar and literary poet known for his translation of Beowulf. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Jacob Hall, Jr. Hall attended Randolph - Macon College and received a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He taught English history and literature at the College of William & Mary from 1888 to 1928 (he became head of the English department and dean of the faculty, and received an honorary LLD in 1921); he "was one of the original members of the faculty that reopened the university in 1888." He was also concerned with the history of his native Virginia; he frequently spoke at Jamestown and "compared the Great Charter of Jamestown of 1618 and the Assembly of 1619 with the Magna Carta at Runnymede."In 1889 he married Margaret Fenwick Farland of Tappahannock, Virginia. Their children were Channing Moore Hall, John L. Hall Jr., Joseph Farland Hall, and Sarah Moore Hall. Beowulf is an epic Old English poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of ancient English literature. The composition date is a topic of discussion among academics.