“The story – from Rapunzel to War and Peace – is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind, for the purpose of gaining understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel ...

Beowulf: Return to the Shadowlands' just dropped on Netflix, and it's a worthy fantasy binge for fans of 'Game of Thrones.' ...

To build a better dragon -- that’s every visual effects pro’s dream, and nightmare. Think about it. How does one improve upon Vermithrax, the 16th century fire-breather in 1981’s “Dragonslayer”? Or ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Beowulf, a character introduced by DC ...

One does not casually read “Beowulf.” It takes commitment. It also takes a good translation, and few were better at that than Oxford don J.R.R. Tolkien, better known now as the author of “The Lord of ...

Over a thousand years ago, a writer (or writers) penned an epic poem about a warrior named Beowulf who must defeat an evil monster (the story is replete with power struggles, lots of killing and, yes, ...

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What does Beowulf have to say to us today? Among other things, that life inevitably turns chaotic and that death waits for us all, Jacob Howland writes in The New Criterion: The only good thing to be ...