Medieval History
Readers of the Great Nokes over at Unlocked Wordhoard (see our blogroll) has mentioned a piece he's written and published in the Old English Newsletter. I received my copy of OEN's latest last night and read Scott's article Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists. Scott talks chiefly about the movie in the title and various modern, cultural reactions to it, though those reactions are not based in scholarly reactions, but in other sorts of things. Well done Scott! The piece is of great interest and it has now appeared on the OEN website, just follow the link.
- Reacting To Medieval Reactions
In mid-March a new Twitter account came into being: @MedievalReacts[View the story "Reacting to Medieval Reactions" on Storify]...
- Popular Culture And The Middle Ages
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- Podcasts: (unlocked And) Reviewed!
Dr. Nokes now has a review of my "Podcasts on Medieval Texts." Thanks, Dr. Nokes. And if anyone else has any thoughts, comments, suggestions, please share them!...
- 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...
- On Heroes
Via Unlocked Wordhoard, Old English in NY has a meditation on modern heroism (inspired by the recent spate of films on Beowulf). There are some interesting things here, including the discussion that continues in the comments and a link to the artist Martin...
Medieval History
Nokes on Beowulf etc
Readers of the Great Nokes over at Unlocked Wordhoard (see our blogroll) has mentioned a piece he's written and published in the Old English Newsletter. I received my copy of OEN's latest last night and read Scott's article Beowulf: Prince of the Geats, Nazis, and Odinists. Scott talks chiefly about the movie in the title and various modern, cultural reactions to it, though those reactions are not based in scholarly reactions, but in other sorts of things. Well done Scott! The piece is of great interest and it has now appeared on the OEN website, just follow the link.
- Reacting To Medieval Reactions
In mid-March a new Twitter account came into being: @MedievalReacts[View the story "Reacting to Medieval Reactions" on Storify]...
- Popular Culture And The Middle Ages
...
- Podcasts: (unlocked And) Reviewed!
Dr. Nokes now has a review of my "Podcasts on Medieval Texts." Thanks, Dr. Nokes. And if anyone else has any thoughts, comments, suggestions, please share them!...
- 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...
- On Heroes
Via Unlocked Wordhoard, Old English in NY has a meditation on modern heroism (inspired by the recent spate of films on Beowulf). There are some interesting things here, including the discussion that continues in the comments and a link to the artist Martin...