Beowulf: The Storybook Version

Noble Comics Group, Each issue covers one of the major battle episodes Grendel, Grendel's Mother, the dragon , and each is drawn in a distinctly different artistic style. The hardcover reprint adds extra luster to this superb comic book adaptation. The story takes place in an alternate universe with highly advanced technology.

In the first three issues, we learn that the cunning Hrothgar has united the nations of the world, but he is unable to defeat Grendel; he recruits Beowulf, the hard-bitten leader of a mercenary team, to assist him. At the end of each issue, the authors provide lengthy excerpts from Francis Gummere's famous translation The third and fourth issues contain essays discussing, respectively, Beowulf adaptations in film and in comic books.

Beowulf's adventures in this series, while ludicrous, today might be enjoyed as campy fun. The comic depicts a horned-helmeted Beowulf who fights against the minions of Satan including a Gardner-inspired Grendel alongside his band of companions and his Amazonian sidekick Nan-Zee. In his wanderings he also battles enemies ranging from Dracula to aliens in flying saucers. The first Grendel storyline tells of a child prodigy named Hunter Rose who adopts the pseudonym Grendel and rises to prominence as a fearsome assassin.

His chief enemy is the wolf-man Argent, a kind of twisted Beowulf figure who ultimately slays him. The graphic novel Devil by the Deed retells and summarizes this original story arc. This book is an example of a crossover story in which the masked assassin faces off against Batman. Devil by the Deed and Grendel Cycle.

Slice of Life was the only album they recorded before breaking up. Like the more recent heavy metal band of the same name, this group's connection to the poem is purely in their appropriation of the name. The thrash metal band Beowulf seems only to be drawing on the name of the poem. Lost My Head is a largely uninspired album that features proficient guitar work but otherwise has little to recommend it. This time his band Beowulf is billed as BWF.

The album 2 Cents includes a few songs that would be worth multiple listenings for fans of the thrash metal genre. The instrumental work is solid, but the lyrics are generic and uninspired. Most of the tracks are in Czech, but there is a bit of English as well.

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It is not immediately clear to what degree he has the poem in mind, but in any case the album offers some good light rock with a lot of soul. Libretto by Betty Jane Wylie. Libretto by Julie Taymor and J. Lincoln Center Festival , July 11, 13, 15, Grendel had made its world premiere with The LA Opera the previous month. Grendel is an Italian black metal group.

Beowulf is a middle-of-the-road concept album with songs based on characters and episodes from the poem. This grunge-rock band seems to have adopted the name "Grendel" to suit the gloomy, angst-ridden tone of its music. The songs are of widely varying quality, which should not be surprising given that this album was entirely self-produced.

This odd electronica band the two performers call themselves VLRK and 4N1T4 , much like the previous groups, seems to have adopted the name for its evocative quality alone. The album is repetitive, droning, and relentlessly pessimistic. See also Soilbleed and Harsh Generation.

Those interested in the electronica genre will find some of the tracks catchy, but the album is low on substance: Harsh Generation is another offering of Euro-techno-electronica. His masterpiece "Lament for Beowulf" ranks among the best creative works based upon the poem. See also this recording. Mercury Records, no date. See also "Grendel," "The Web".

The music, however, has no obvious connection to the poem. Pickering, Ken, and Keith Cole. Beowulf, A Rock Musical. Film The 13th Warrior.

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The film features excellent sets, intense battle scenes, and an appealing portrait of the early medieval Germanic comitatus fellowship of an aristocratic lord and his band of loyal retainers. The film draws much from Westerns for its visual style, particularly in its depiction of the cowboy-like Beowulf. With the help of Hrothgar's spunky daughter Kyra, the hero takes on the monster Grendel and his mother here a sexy shape-shifter, performed by a Playboy Playmate.

Overall, the film is derivative and insipid. In addition, the motion-capture animation is far more lifelike than in The Polar Express , Zemeckis's earlier foray into this technology. Although the film was a critical and commercial success—and deservedly so—it deviates sharply from the plot and tone of the poem. The film continues the post- Gardner tendency to portray Grendel in sympathetic terms and the Danes as somehow responsible for their misfortunes; to that end, the film depicts Hrothgar as Grendel's father.

The same twist can be found in Godwin's Tower of Beowulf. Unfortunately, the film suffers from a host of flaws, including underdeveloped characters and hokey dialogue e.

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The children are led by a boy who witnessed the traumatic death of his father a professor of Anglo-Saxon literature, no less! All the major characters, as well as the evil children, are wiped out by the end of this poorly written, poorly acted film. Beowulf swears to liberate Heorot which here looks like an ancient Roman city , but his first fight against Grendel a hairy giant with incredibly thick arms is a draw. Hrothgar explains that the Danes have long provided human sacrifices to Grendel and his mother, but now they have run out of children, which is why Grendel is attacking them.

Beowulf tracks down Grendel and ultimately kills the beast with help from a magical crossbow loaned to him by Hygelac. Then Finn himself is seized by the monster. Beowulf alone seeks out her lair. Beowulf then decapitates her. Here, Grendel is a bulky green creature with a prominent alligator snout and a decidedly aristocratic demeanor.

Hrothgar and his minions, meanwhile, are boorish idiots who speak in comical Monty Python-style accents. See also the entry for Marillion. It turns out that the Voyager crew had unwittingly captured an energy-based alien being, which abducted the humans only in response to being imprisoned itself.

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A mercenary commando played by Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team inadvertently become the alien's latest prey, and it picks them off one by one until only the leader is left to face the alien in a battle of wits, wills, and brute strength. The clear parallels to Beowulf can be found in the nature of the alien Predator it is similar to Grendel in its powers and modus operandi and in the narrative structure of the final battle, in which Schwarzenegger's character grapples, unarmed and Beowulf-like, with the Predator.

Beowulf appears in a series that also includes other legendary figures Gilgamesh, Achilles, King Arthur, etc. This illustration appears to show the elderly Beowulf from the dragon episode. He is armed with a sword and shield. The "Beowulf" ship is a Viking vessel that specializes in combating sea monsters. See also "Grendel" , "Hrothgar" , and "Wiglaf".

He appears as a weathered, older-looking man with an eye-patch. The robot Grendel is painted green and has a long arm with a spike at the end that slams downward to impale other robots. See also "Beowulf" , "Hrothgar" , and "Wiglaf". See also "Grendel the Really Old". Wizards of the Coast, The Grendel depicted on this card is nothing like the conventional depiction of the monster from the poem; he is shown as a wizard with a white beard, a pointed hat, and a staff.

He resembles Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. See also "Beowulf" , "Grendel" , and "Wiglaf". In this collectible card game, players select real and legendary figures from history Julius Caesar, Achilles, etc. Beowulf comes with the game's 'starter set. The Eternal Struggle includes a vampire character called Grendel, though he is only of middling prowess.

Art by John Howe. Sophisticated Games Limited, From left to right: Black Dragon Press, This name could be deliberately ironic in the poem Hrothgar is the elderly king who is beset by the monster Grendel , or perhaps the game creators may be unaware of the name's link to Beowulf. White Buffalo Games, The Regency Wars , Grendel is the name of a spacecraft operated by a race of reptilian beasts called Saurians, whose mission is to destroy the human race.

See also "Beowulf" , "Grendel" , and "Hrothgar". The figure's link to the poem is in his name and in the standard he carries, which is that of a dragon's head. Pump clips for the following varieties of beer: Birmingham, UK, no date. The pin promotes the animated film Beowulf dir.

Its certificate of authenticity by M. Saunders, director, Sprockets reads: From the Wrath of Greed Collection. The dragon is clutching a large, ornate shield. The figurine is made of clear glass with red crystal eyes, and stands 5.

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Warrior Princess , this 8x10 photograph shows Xena's sidekick Gabrielle alongside Beowulf, one of many literary or legendary characters encountered by the two heroines in their adventures. Beowulf appears in three episodes from the show's sixth season , in a storyline that combines Beowulf with elements from the Nibelungenlied , the thirteenth-century Middle High German poem about the hero Siegfried, his murder, and the wife who avenges him.

See also this other photograph from Xena. The Hunt for Beowulf. Audio Adventure Volume IV. The Vision Forum, Inc. In the story, Beowulf and other tales about dragons and similar monsters is cited as "evidence" that humans and dinosaurs lived on Earth at the same time. The accompanying "educational" study guide is meant to be used in tandem with the CDs; parents are encouraged to listen to the stories with their children and then complete the activities together. Harcourt, Brace and Company, The hero appears in full armor, poised to strike a blow with his sword, while the dark-scaled dragon spews fire at his feet.

How to Build a Beowulf: The MIT Press, Warrior Princess episodes that features Beowulf; the heroine and hero stand side-by-side, ready for action. Scholarship The Poem Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. Beowulf; reproduced in facsimile from the unique manuscript, British Museum Ms. University of Nebraska Press, Bibliographies of Criticism [These annotated bibliographies provide a good starting point for readers interested in learning more about the poem and its critical history. Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburh: The University Press of Virginia, An Annotated Bibliography, Carlson's work is no longer on the Albany site, but can be found via www.

The article is written in Italian. La ricezione in versi. Livingston, Michael, and John William Sutton. Beowulf at the Movies. Bjork and John D. It should be considered essential reading for anyone interested in the subject.

In this way, it updates and expands Osborn's earlier work. My Accounts Contact Us Giving. You are here Home. A publication of the Robbins Library. Higley, and appears as one of her many illustrations to A Readable Beowulf , translated by Stanley B. Whose Song is Sung. Devil by the Deed. Dark Horse, , I Scream Records, Inc. Cookin' at the Beowulf. BattleBots Grip N' Grapplers.

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This is a children's book written at the level of "Dick and Jane", but likely aimed at much at adults as children.

It has cartoons on the right-hand page, and simple text on the left, telling the Grendel story. The blurbs on the back are part of the fun. It's a novelty, and as such, not bad. EowynA Oct 2, You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.