Beowulf (2): translations, adaptations, and movies!

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages - A podcast by Richard Abels

Send us a textIn this episode, the second of a two part series, Dr. Chrissy Senecal and I continue our discussion of the Old English epic poem Beowulf. In it we talk about the challenges of translation and look at literary and cinematic adaptations of the poem.Sound clips in this episode:“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” soundtrack (composer: Ennio Morricone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOl73VQOS9MTrailer for “Beowulf” (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOrfinPSqyQBeowulf seduce...