一中古英语时期w Beowulf is the oldest poem in the English language, and the most important specimen (范例、典范)of Anglo-Saxon literature, and also the oldest surviving epic in the English language.w The romance is a popular literary form in the medieval period（中世纪）. It uses verse or prose to sing knightly adventures or other heroic deeds. w GeoffreyChaucer, oneof the greatest English poets, whose masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales（坎特伯雷故事集）, was one of the most important influences on the developm
