RESEARCH INTO OTHER early European epic poetry, such as the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Nibelungenlied, was long marked by a controversy between “Unitarians,” who primarily regarded these works as ...

It could be the plot of Hollywood's latest blockbuster movie. But this is the story of Beowulf, a poem once told in timber-framed barns in Anglo-Saxon England, to the raucous noise of the mead ...

Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf, published in 1999, was his first full-length translation of a substantial medieval text since Sweeney Astray, and, like Sweeney Astray, it was a long time ...

Lookout: Who are you, strangers? Beowulf: My friend, we are Geats and we come in peace. I am Beowulf and I wish to speak with Hrothgar, your king. Lookout: If you are truly the famous Beowulf then ...

Sure enough, as Beowulf saidJust that very nightGrendel burst into the hallA truly loathsome sight! Beowulf’s men drew their swordsBut they fought in vainNo earthly blade, from blacksmith made ...

We meet him in the midst of a traumatic event, after which Grant reflects on Beowulf, the epic poem he studied in school about a warrior who persevered through battles centuries prior. Grant’s ...

To discover the poem's secrets, I would have to do the research myself." The Old English title is complicated to translate as ...