There's a vitally important word in the epic tale of Beowulf and, according to Maria Dahvana Headley, it's been translated incorrectly for a very long time. The word is aglæca/æglæca — no one's ...

The story of Beowulf is old. Really old. The epic poem, which has been translated and re-translated for centuries, is the Anglo-Saxon tale of a warrior who’s celebrated for his victorious bouts with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. BEOWULF: I WILL KILL The Monster, said the movie poster, and there was an armoured warrior, strong and Nordic, wading through a murky ...

The legend of Beowulf is over a thousand years old. It details the journey of the hero, Beowulf, who slays the monster, Grendel, at the request of the King of Danes. Beowulf then has to defeat Grendel ...

That most famous opening word, at once an exclamation and command, of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem known as “Beowulf,” has captured our attention and imagination for centuries. And why not? How could ...

It's been a towering landmark in the world of English literature for more than two centuries, but Beowulf is still the subject of fierce academic debate, in part between those who claim the epic poem ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The 2007 uncanny valley version of Beowulf hit Hulu this month, forcing us to ponder the legacy of Anglo-Saxon poetry, the politics of the medieval mead hall, and most ...

Okay, sit still. I have a lot of things to say about Maria Dahvana Headley's new book, Beowulf, and I'm gonna try to say them all right now. It is Beowulf, mostly. Beowulf, kinda. It is Beowulf down ...

Heroic tales of conquest over malignant foes in the face of incredible odds always reverberate in the imagination. Beowulf, the famous poem written sometime between the seventh and tenth centuries in ...

Using a statistical approach known as stylometry, which analyzes everything from the poem's meter to the number of times different combinations of letters show up in the text, a team of researchers ...