Maria Dahvana Headley, whose new translation of “Beowulf” came out last year, wanted to build onto the thousand-year-old poem’s long history. Part of its staying power, Headly said, is how ...

Why is the legendary saga of Beowulf still so influential more than 1,000 years after it was composed? ... We always come back to the same themes: monsters, heroes - and Beowulf has those." ...

Angelina Jolie identified with her character's maternal feelings in "Beowulf." Nov. 5, 2007 — -- The oldest known story in the English language comes to the silver screen this month as the ...

Computer-based analysis of the Old English poem Beowulf indicates it’s the work of single author. ... Tolkien, as it happens, relied on the poem’s content and themes for his argument, ...

Beowulf the game, based on the Beowulf movie (which in turn is based on the epic poem), is hitting stores next week. A straight-up action title, ... Site Themes. Change Region.

This review contains spoilers. In its final episode, Beowulf: Return To The Shieldlands finally starts to deliver on the promise of its concept. This isn’t a perfect episode, but it’s far more ...

What have they done to Beowulf, everyone's least favorite Old English epic about a hero's battles with a monster, the monster's mother and an annoying dragon who turns up 50 years later?

We always come back to the same themes: monsters, heroes - and Beowulf has those." Image source, DC Entertainment Beowulf tells the story of how the monster Grendel terrorises a Danish stronghold ...