That famous work, "Beowulf," is now one of the anchors of Old English literature. It's unclear who wrote the poem; because certain sections are seemingly disconnected, some scholars have suggested ...

As Headley notes, the Old English word “fingrum” is often translated as “claws,” but Grendel’s mother uses a knife during her fight with Beowulf, and “wielding a knife while also posse ...

That famous work, "Beowulf," is now one of the anchors of Old English literature. It's unclear who wrote the poem; because certain sections are seemingly disconnected, some scholars have suggested ...

We were required to take a semester of Old English (and we knew that didn’t mean Chaucer!), to be followed by a semester reading “Beowulf” in the original Anglo-Saxon. It wasn’t easy, ...

"Beowulf," an Old English text that has tormented generations of students, is one of them. Thankfully, director Robert Zemeckis' screen adaptation of "Beowulf" is considerably less difficult to ...

It might not seem like it, but making “Beowulf” into a movie is a daunting task. When taken from its Old English, “Beowulf” takes the literal translation, story that ought not to be adapted for screen ...

“Beowulf,” an Old English epic poem recorded in the 11th century, follows the titular hero in three battles as he defends a neighboring kingdom and himself against a series of monster ...

What have they done to Beowulf, everyone’s least favorite Old English epic about a hero’s battles with a monster, the monster’s mother and an annoying dragon who turns up 50 years later?

Old Norse and Medieval Celtic languages and literatures in the English department. He has also directed the Medieval Studies and Comparative Literature programs, teaching traditional epics—ancient, ...

Chris Vinsonhaler brings the gift of the bard to create a new approach to this ancient Old English poem about heroes and monsters in this 90-minute bardic performance in Modern English. Awarded a ...