For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told from the... Beowulf In The Suburbs? 'The Mere Wife' Is An Epic ...
Translation has shaped the lore of Grendel's Mother as a fearsome yet misunderstood figure. The big baddie in Beowulf isn't actually the monster Grendel, but Grendel's Mother. Who maybe isn't a ...
Dusty Old English poem Beowulf, long required reading in schools, went Hollywood on Friday in a bit of high-tech animated movie trickery that its makers are loath to call "animation." The story, about ...
WAVE productions’ “Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage” modernizes an ancient story for today’s audience with a unique twist: puppets. Written sometime between 650 and 1000 C.E., “Beowulf” is the ...
A Pennsylvania public library revealed a very old and very overdue copy of Chauncey Brewster Tinker's classic "Beowulf" that had accrued almost $1,000 in fines. In an Instagram post, the Sewickley ...
The British Library has the original manuscript of Beowulf that was published in the year 1000, most likely during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. It is widely considered the best poem ever ...
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There's a vitally important word in the epic tale of Beowulf and, according to Maria Dahvana Headley, it's been translated incorrectly for a very long time. The word is aglæca/æglæca — no one's ...