Medieval History
Related to (and partially inspired by) an earlier discussion on what heroism is, I'm putting on an event (titled above) at Virginia Tech in early November to discuss changing images of the hero across time and space. I'm looking forward to it. Should get everyone ready for the new Beowulf movie...
- Beowulf Meets The 20th Century
Dr Catherine Clarke, a specialist in medieval culture at Swansea University's department of English has been given a grant to explore representations of masculinity in modern re-workings of the Beowulf story. In particular she has been looking at...
- Beowulf-what's Up With That?: Some Fledgling Thoughts
No, not the movie, which I confess I have yet to take in. Before beginning I should note that this is my first post to this forum, and I know I can not match the posts of my fellow new bloggers here at Modern Medieval. My thanks to Matt for including...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
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U of C boasts medieval bestseller Beowulf: A hero for our times U. South Carolina: Beowulf at U. South Carolina exhibit coincides with new movie Young Vikings help to make their vessel shipshape Archeologists Discovered a 10th Century Tomb in Pskov 15th-century...
- New Beowulf Book
Beowulf An Illustrated Edition Translated by Seamus Heaney Illustrations edited by John D. Niles ?This illustrated edition is the next best thing to being in the mead hall at Heorot, watching the action, with Heaney chanting it beside you.? ¾Neil...
Medieval History
Bellerophon to Beowulf to Batman: The Image of the Hero
Related to (and partially inspired by) an earlier discussion on what heroism is, I'm putting on an event (titled above) at Virginia Tech in early November to discuss changing images of the hero across time and space. I'm looking forward to it. Should get everyone ready for the new Beowulf movie...
- Beowulf Meets The 20th Century
Dr Catherine Clarke, a specialist in medieval culture at Swansea University's department of English has been given a grant to explore representations of masculinity in modern re-workings of the Beowulf story. In particular she has been looking at...
- Beowulf-what's Up With That?: Some Fledgling Thoughts
No, not the movie, which I confess I have yet to take in. Before beginning I should note that this is my first post to this forum, and I know I can not match the posts of my fellow new bloggers here at Modern Medieval. My thanks to Matt for including...
- Atherton On Tolkien (trans.) & Tolkien (ed.), Beowulf
J.R.R. Tolkien (trans.) and Christopher Tolkien (ed). Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014. 448pp. Reviewed by Mark Atherton Beowulf is "the major piece of Old English verse...
- More Medieval News
U of C boasts medieval bestseller Beowulf: A hero for our times U. South Carolina: Beowulf at U. South Carolina exhibit coincides with new movie Young Vikings help to make their vessel shipshape Archeologists Discovered a 10th Century Tomb in Pskov 15th-century...
- New Beowulf Book
Beowulf An Illustrated Edition Translated by Seamus Heaney Illustrations edited by John D. Niles ?This illustrated edition is the next best thing to being in the mead hall at Heorot, watching the action, with Heaney chanting it beside you.? ¾Neil...