Articles tagged "beowulf"

Books Review

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage (Translator)

by Chauncey Mabe [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[27.Nov.07] :. British poet breathes new life into a classic piece of early English literature.

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‘Beowulf’ screenwriter says don’t expect `300’ in Viking horns

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[16.Nov.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Fantasy author Neil Gaiman automatically turns down offers to rewrite others’ work for the screen, but in the case of “Beowulf,” whose 8th-century author...

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On a quest to view the one and only manuscript of ‘Beowulf’

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Oct.07] :. LONDON—I keep trying not to squint. But the light, an eerie purple, is very low. And there’s a piece of heavy glass between my eyes and the object. If I lean in close I can make out the...

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Film Review

Beowulf (1999)

by John G. Nettles

Beowulf saves the girl and carries her to the stronghold, where she immediately breaks away again and allows herself to be killed. Evidently there's 'something' inside the castle worse than death -- the rest of the movie.

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