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Monsters and heroes: Beowulf

Posted on 1 April 2021 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 3 Comments

Dragons, magic, heaps of gold and jewels, superhuman strength, slaying monsters – both monsters who are slain and monsters who slay. In the ancient and modern senses of the word. It’s fun. It’s fantasy. It’s the perfect read for a…

dragons are equally important: Tolkien’s Beowulf

Posted on 22 May 2014 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 3 Comments

For those of us who can’t let go of the world of the rings, today is a good day. J. R. R. Tolkien’s translation of and commentary on the Anglo Saxon epic Beowulf is published today, edited by his 89-year-old…

an anchor and a voice-right: Seamus Heaney’s translations

Posted on 17 September 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

It’s not Seamus Heaney’s month’s mind yet, but his first memorial has gone up in the National Portrait Gallery in London. The Nobel awarding committee were right to call him a beautifully lyrical poet. His poetic translations are full of energy and life, and…