But “Beowulf” translators have always taken liberties with the poem—in part because the ... As Headley notes, the Old English word “fingrum” is often translated as “claws,” but ...

Like its more famous contemporary, Beowulf, we do not know how old ... How imagining our own extinction may save us The poems from the Old English period survive today because of several books ...

One way Headley connects the poem with modern readers is through language, mixing in some contemporary words into an Old English text. “Beowulf” famously opens with a storyteller wanting to ...

“The original reads, at least in some places, like Old English freestyle ... s suddenly remembered a poem he memorized at boarding school.” And so Headley’s Beowulf is a rambling ...

an Old English epic poem so dramatic it has even spawned a computer-animated action fantasy film. Yet academics have slapped a ‘trigger warning’ on Beowulf, cautioning students that they may ...

Yes, this is the Old English poem most of us read in high school and ... before the monster shows up and wreaks havoc, with Beowulf appearing shortly afterward. “We are geeks!

The mere mention of Grendel the classic monster from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon era epic poem, Beowulf is enough to unlock a portal buried deep within the brain of every former English student.

However, Beowulf now comes with a trigger warning, as the dragon-slaying epic is included among poems flagged for ... Grendel – who is described in Old English as “unhælu“ meaning ...

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 ...

The new poem adopts a similar alliterative meter, and its title (and pseudonymous pen name, "Nat Whilk") are playful Beowulf/Old English references, most likely for the benefit of Ida Gordon ...