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The First Chunk of Fitt XXXV. - This Fitt is a long one, so I will put it up in parts. The first 2.5 lines finish the Father's Lament,  describing the grief of a father whose son has died and who has no recourse to justice (wergild--payment in return for a death) or revenge. T... - 2012/02/09

Beowulf's Attitude to Crises, in Youth and Age - I've been thinking about whether Beowulf's attitude to danger has changed between his earlier victories over Grendel and his mother and his struggle with the dragon more than fifty years later. In the earlier contests, he was not completely inexperie... - 2012/02/03

Adventures in Self-Publishing - As I've mentioned before, it's my hope to be selling a book with this translation sooner or later. It's useful to look ahead to that goal. With that in mind, this chapter from a series called "Adventures in Self-Publishing" seems helpful. - 2012/01/25

"We Were Talking of Dragons" by C.S. Lewis - A nice bit of Alliterative Verse, suitable to introduce the form to people who do not know it. (from the essay "The Alliterative Metre" in Selected Literary Essays by Clive Staples Lewis). We were talking of dragons, Tolkien and I In a Berkshire bar.... - 2012/01/25

Eowyn's Lament (Funeral of Theodred) - In the film The Two Towers (that is, in the extended DVD edition of that film), the Lady Eowyn sings a dirge at a funeral that made my hairs stand on end. You can listen to it here. Since the song is in Old English, I have an excuse to include it... - 2012/01/24

Interpretations of Beowulf, and My Stuff on Scribd - A web page with many interpretations of Beowulf (the person) and Beowulf (the book): http://www.public.asu.edu/~atrja/beowulf.html It's short, but full of material to think about. While doing a little more web surfing, I found the content of this bl... - 2012/01/23