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Tolkien, Heaney, and Beowulf, Part Two
::Cue dramatic radio announcer voice:: When two unparalleled authors face off in an epic translation battle, only one can take the throne. Who will wear the laurels, and who will be the loser? Welcome to…Heaney vs Tolkien: The Beowulf Battle. …All right, maybe translations…
Blog Post the First: Being a Declaration of Intention and Desire
Edmund Spenser was preparing to write an epic. Back in the day, it was customary for someone that audacious to declare his intentions in advance by writing something a bit more manageable first. For Spenser, this was a series of 12 pastoral poems called…
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