A manuscript of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf believed to date from the 10th century. This, the only surviving ancient copy of the story is kept in the British Museum. ( Hulton Archive/Getty ...

Beowulf In The Suburbs? 'The Mere Wife' Is An Epic Retelling For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told ...

Beowulf isn't just significant in English literary history - it is set in Denmark and was actually first translated from the Anglo-Saxon into Danish. As Prof Burn says, the Danes "see it as their ...

Shakespeare, Beowulf and Chaucer could be back in the NZ English curriculum – should they be? - Claudia Rozas. ... Manuscript of Beowulf from c. AD 1000, located in the British Library, ...

Academics at Aberdeen University have slapped Beowulf with a trigger warning They claim students may be distressed by the monsters in the Old English poem The note warned about violence, coercion ...

What did our critic think of BEOWULF: A RETELLING by Taffety Punk Theatre? Experience a dynamic retelling of Beowulf by Taffety Punk Theatre. Performed April 4-19 at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.

A kingdom is assaulted by a monster and a hero sweeps in with his army to defend the realm. Not the premise of a new Netflix fantasy series. Instead, a plot synopsis of the Old English epic Beowulf.

For the second time in as many years, New Zealand’s secondary school English curriculum will be rewritten, a move which has generated disquiet from teachers and academics alike.. The revised ...