Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...

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Beowulf, the hero of an early Anglo-Saxon poem, likewise does not show signs ... the meaning of existence and the proximity of death. The Victorians, perhaps sensing that Britain’s empire ...

It’s difficult to put into words how gorgeous and apropos of the world we live in Maria Zoccola’s debut collection of poetry ... s recent translation of Beowulf. Everything old is new again ...

Mr. Shippey’s recent books include “Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings” and “Beowulf ... death. Again, no comment from Chaucer other than a grossly flattering poem ...

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