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Tag: Beowulf

26 May 202027 May 2020 thijsporck Publications

The Familiar and the Foreign in Old Germanic Studies

Information about an Open Access special issue, published in 2017.

30 Apr 201814 May 2020 thijsporck Beowulf, Medievalism

The history of Beowulf’s sandwich: A sketch about ‘fake news’ from 1909

Before 'fake news', there was 'Beowulf's sandwich'. A reconstruction of a comic sketch from 1909.

29 Jan 20185 Aug 2018 thijsporck Beowulf, Monsters, Student Doodle Editions

Grendel’s Mother: A Student Doodle Edition

For a bonus question on their exam, my students used their artistic talents to draw their own rendition of Grendel's mother from the Old English poem Beowulf.

8 May 20178 May 2017 thijsporck Beowulf, Medievalism, Old English

Spoiling the Mystery: Grendel in Beowulf Movies

What is Grendel? Six movie adaptations of Beowulf each give their own twist to this early medieval nightmare being.

10 Apr 20174 Aug 2018 thijsporck Beowulf, Daily life, Decapitation, Old English Hexateuch, Saints, The Last Kingdom (BBC)

Heads on sticks: Decapitation and impalement in early medieval England

A good way to keep out unwanted visitors and an inspiration to authors and artists: decapitation and impalement in Anglo-Saxon England.

9 Oct 201613 Jan 2017 thijsporck Old English

Beowulf vs the Dragon: A Student Doodle Edition

My students' artistic renditions of Beowulf fighting the dragon document how well (or how badly) my students remembered the Old English poem.

3 Aug 20164 Aug 2018 thijsporck Beowulf, G. J. P. J. Bolland, History of Old English Studies, P. J. Cosijn

“A conspicuous specimen of Anglosaxon poetry”: A student summary of Beowulf from 1880

One of the earliest student summaries of Beowulf survives in the drafts of a work by Dutch schoolmaster G. J. P. J. Bolland (1852-1922).

5 Nov 201531 May 2020 thijsporck Beowulf, Medievalism, Merlin (BBC), Missionaries, Old English, The Last Kingdom (BBC), Tolkien, Vikings, Vikings (History Channel)

Old English is alive! Five TV series and movies that use Old English

Old English a dead language? Think again! the language of the Anglo-Saxons is making a comeback in modern cinema.

11 Oct 201531 May 2020 thijsporck Anglo-Saxons in the Low Countries, Beowulf

A medieval giant on display: Last resting place of Beowulf’s Hygelac discovered?

Where was the giant Hygelac (mentioned in Beowulf) buried?

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