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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Somebody returned a copy of "Beowulf" to a public library a staggering 54 years after it was ...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced it acquired U.S. rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's previously unseen translation of Beowulf. The work, entitled Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, will be edited by ...

A new book from Tolkien! HarperCollins has the rights to JRR Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, which will be published on May 22nd and edited by his son, Christopher. Tolkien translated the oldest ...

The British Library has the original manuscript of Beowulf that was published in the year 1000, most likely during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready. It is widely considered the best poem ever ...

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. THIS I’M HOLDING IN MY HAND A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD. AFTER 54 YEARS, IT FINALLY MADE ITS WAY BACK HOME TO THE SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY AFTER DECADES OF BEING LOST ...

What literary text could seem further from reality these days than Beowulf — that approximately 1,500-year-old Anglo Saxon verse epic about a Scandinavian hero fighting monsters that’s known mainly by ...