Prussian Socialism 25: Beowulf Eager for Fame
Update: 2023-01-25
Description
Most literature--comic or tragic--tries to be subtle, thought-provoking, emotional. Beowulf is raw awesomeness. It is one of the few books that every young man ought to read and know.
Greg Conte and Romanized Visigoth discuss the style and meaning of this Germanic epic poem.
Beowulf translations mentioned:
Howell D. Chickering
Seamus Heaney
J. R. R. Tolkien
Other resources
Seamus Heaney translation recited (part 1):
https://youtu.be/AaB0trCztM0
Benjamin Bagby recitation in Old English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WcIK_8f7oQ&ab_channel=The92ndStreetY%2CNewYork
Bilingual Beowulf (MIT)
https://www.mit.edu/~jrising/webres/beowulf.pdf
Old English lessons online University of Texas
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/engol
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