Stories indexed under: English
Total: 2
-
Beowulf’s world comes to life in new book
Nov. 14, 2007
A new Hollywood film opening in theaters Friday, Nov. 16, employs special effects wizardry to tell the story of Beowulf, but a just-released illustrated edition of the epic tale from a UW-Madison English professor comes much closer to showing us the world where the action takes place.
- Beowulf expert says Hollywood makeover may do justice to epic poem Nov. 12, 2007 The epic poem "Beowulf" has all the elements for a Hollywood film: action, monsters and classic battles of good vs. evil. But it also features a "monastic" hero with little sex appeal whose story is told in Old English, a combination that wouldn't exactly fill seats with movie fans.