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 ...

Tolkien, who was a professor of Anglo-Saxon English, completed his own translation of Beowulf in 1926 ... "It's bit like an old-fashioned dance step; like a quickstep, it advances quite slowly ...

Beowulf was king of the Geat Empire when the countryside was besieged by the ferocious monster, Grendel, who killed many peasants and eventually entered the palatial grounds. Beowulf slew the dragon, ...

Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Read More ...

I read the monumental classics, from Beowulf ... that her English students are now incapable of reading The Scarlet Letter—a work of popular fiction not even 200 years old—because the language ...

Indeed, the only inkling many Brits have that French may play a significant role in their language is when reading ... to Old ...

Hussey studies book history and the intellectual culture of Anglo-Saxon England with a focus on Anglo-Latin and Old English ... has published on Beowulf, the Exeter Book, habitus and paleography and ...

The Department of English offers a B.A. in English. Are you thinking of declaring a major in English? Most of our students report that they choose English because they love reading and talking about ...

and the Cambridge English Corpus. Students experience the topics and expand their vocabulary through captivating readings and a video that pulls together everything they have learned in the unit, ...

Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with the Clayton Foundation, will present a live production of “Beowulf: The First Avenger” — an original adaptation of one of the oldest and most ...

First-year students who have an English Literature and Composition AP score of 4 or 5, or a score of 710 on the Critical Reading portion of the SAT, may enter one of the gateway courses in the fall ...

Beowulf Boritt has received numerous nominations for his outstanding work in scenic design. His nominations include: - Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for New York, New ...