For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told from the perspective of Grendel's mother.

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.And ...

The Medieval Institute and Medieval Institute Publications were involved with the publication of Old English Newsletter 29, no. 1 (Fall 1995) through 39, no. 2 (2006), and OEN Subsidia volumes 13 ...

Breaking down Beowulf Researchers use statistical technique to find evidence that Old English poem had a single author Date: April 8, 2019 Source: ...

The original text is reworked to contain lavish portions of Freudian castration fear and Madonna-whore complexes. So far, so Scorsese, but the same is true in The Green Knight, and the similarities ...

Monstrous! Old English classic Beowulf gets slapped with trigger warning as university dons fear students may be distressed to read about monsters ...

Today's episode features interviews with two authors who are very invested in the English language. First, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Hana Videen about her new book, The Wordhord, which ...

As an English Literature student, one of the first things I studied at university was the Old English epic poem Beowulf.If you’re not familiar, the protagonist, Beowulf, is a hero who slays the ...

With a starry cast including Jeff Bridges, Bryan Cranston and Dave Bautista, writer-director Robert D. Krzykowski is counting on old-school movie magic from The Jim Henson Co. to turn Beowulf’s ...