Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

That’s a striking change, but modest compared to what’s happened among teen-agers: the National Center for Education ...

While Dudley’s interpretation of Beowulf plays out, the two academics butt heads over the meaning of the story, and the difference between the creator and the critic. The professors fall into the ...

Tolkien himself struggled with the ancient text. Long before his writing of The Lord of the Rings, he attempted a translation of Beowulf from the Old English in which it was originally written.

Translation has shaped the lore of Grendel's Mother as a fearsome yet misunderstood figure. The big baddie in Beowulf isn't actually the monster Grendel, but Grendel's Mother. Who maybe isn't a ...

The revised year 7-13 English curriculum, to be released in July, is expected to include compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons, as well as a recommended reading list ranging from contemporary ...

Beowulf is indisputably a titan of English literature. Following the titular warrior on his heroic endeavours, slaying the monstrous Grendel and his mother before ultimately being bested by a dragon, ...

It had everything I could wish for: biographical details, Old English, alliterative meter, and Lewis's writing at its best," said Cossio. “The thing I like most about this poem is that it opens ...