Mastodawn

Finished Maria Dahvana Headley's translation of Beowulf tonight. It scratches an itch for me in being a translation that tries to understand what the text tried to be to its original audience and to translate that to the new audience. Here, we have the boasting translated into a frat-boy-esque narration that totally works.

(My favorite translation of Eugene Onegin is the Hofstadter one with little translation puns thrown in here and there.)

#Bookstodon #Translation #Beowulf

Fahrenheit 5d ago

Rocznice i urodziny:
»60 urodziny Robin Wright«

8 kwietnia 1966 roku przyszła na świat amerykańska aktorka oraz producentka Robin Wright.

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/rocznice-urodziny/60-urodziny-robin-wright/

#Fahrenheit_zin #HouseofCards #WonderWoman #BladeRunner2049 #RobinWright #Beowulf #LigaSprawiedliwości #aktorka #RobinGayleWright #Niezniszczalny #Unbreakable #ZJusticeLeague #WonderWoman1984 #Dama #Damsel #Żółtaróża #TheYellowRose

Raurquiz 5d ago

#HappyBirthday @edwardjspeleers #edspeelers #Actor #jackcrusher #startrekpicard #eragon #AliceThroughtheLookingGlass #FudgeSundae #MidasMan #againsttheice #irishwish #echobeach #downtonabbey #beowulf #returntotheshieldlands #outlander #you #startrek59 @trekcore

Curt Johnson - Indie Genius Mar 24

Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Beowulf #AlanRitchson #Fantasy 19 Years Later, Alan Ritchson’s Forgotten Fantasy Gem Is Officially Dominating on U.S. Streaming http://dlvr.it/TRg7pG

Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAI Mar 23

« Beowulfs Sieg über Grendel », 1890

by Hermann Vogel (German artist, 1854-1921)
Engraving from "Deutsche Heldensagen" (German Heroic Sagas), Gustav Schalk, Neufeld & Henius, Berlin, 1891

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #HermannVogel #beowulf #grendel #anglosaxonmythology

Brie Mmm Mar 13

#medievalLiterature #middleAges #Beowulf #Sweden #Geats
Legacy of the Geats: How the Memory of Beowulf’s Tribe Survives in Modern Sweden - Medievalists.net

Legacy of the Geats: How the Memory of Beowulf’s Tribe Survives in Modern Sweden - Medievalists.net

Explore how the memory of the Geats—Beowulf’s tribe—survives in the language, place names, and landscape of modern Sweden.

Medievalists.net

Dave J Mar 7

Dammit, @MariaDahvana’s not even cold in her grave!

Nor warm in her grave, either!

#folklore #Beowulf https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116183354937353471

Akshay (@[email protected])

And now, for extra comprehension challenge, there’s Beowulf rendered in Gen Z English “There was Shield Sheafson, canceler of many tribes, A high-key shredder of mead benches, flexing all over foes. This dragger of the hall-troops had come far. A smol bean to start with, he would glow up hard later on As his powers got fire af and his rizz went viral.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gen-z-beowulf #English #Language #Bookstodon #Linguistics

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VIKINGS vs SAMURAI Feb 28

Zemeckis’ Beowulf (2007) is a bonkers blend of Old English myth and motion-captured madness. Grendel screeches in ancient tongue, Jolie seduces as golden Grendel’s mom, and Ray Winstone flexes hard. Puppet faces? Absolutely. Fun anyway? Weirdly, yes.
🔗 https://vikingsvssamurai.com/beowulf/
#Beowulf #CGICinema

Beowulf

First time I saw Beowulf? Eye-rolls and groans. But round two? Surprisingly fun.

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI

Julien Feb 24

Je viens de revoir le Beowulf avec Christophe Lambert et j'ai une hypothèse de travail : c'est la pire adaptation de Beowulf, mais c'est aussi le meilleur des films adaptés de Beowulf.

#Film #Beowulf #Nanar

Ross Kang Feb 18

After stops that took in the Bodleian Library complex and the Radcliffe Science Library, the last stop on the nostalgia tour was the British Library.

(I wrote large chunks of my PhD thesis camped out there, back in the day.)

It feels more important than ever to show appreciation for these wondrous and beautiful institutions.

#nostalgia #oxford #london #library #magnacarta #firstfolio #beowulf