Showing posts with label Old English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old English. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2019

From Beowulf to Milton's Satan!

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800 or so years in 16 or so weeks: Literary Survey and Vision-Quest (or so I hope) Join the fun at CCSF in San Francisco
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Crossley-Holland: An Anglo-Saxon Riddle

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  RIDDLE 61 A woman, young and lovely, often locked me  in a chest; she took me out at times, lifted me with fair hands and gave m...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Wyrd Oft Nereth: Two Views

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Recommended Reading: Nicola Griffith's "Hild"

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A new and quite fine historical novel about 7th-century England and a very remarkable character.
Friday, December 20, 2013

Wael-Seax: The Slaughter-Knife of Beagnoth

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A replica of the famous Anglo-Saxon weapon fished from the Thames. To give you a sense of the size of this mere "knife", ...

"The Wanderer": Burton Raffel Translates From The Old English

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THE WANDERER This lonely traveller longs for grace, For the mercy of God; grief hangs on His heart and follows the frost-cold foam He ...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Seamus Heaney: The Boat-Funeral from "Beowulf"

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Shield was still thriving when his time came and he crossed over into the Lord's keeping. His warrior band did what he bade ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Considering Hrothgar

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In the original Beowulf , Hrothgar is both a good king and a king beset by woe from outside. I like that situation, that model, better than ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

The Journey

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Sculpture mix, unfired. I am yearning for kelp.
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ezra Pound's "The Seafarer"

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One of my favorite poems in Old English is "The Seafarer," that melancholy lament with the wonderful setting of being adrift, phys...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Mermaid: Pisces In Pieces

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Rough draft. Broken mermaid. Clumsy maker; broken piece. Should I fear a curse? I'd meant well, meant better, meant best . . . but could...