Beowulf in Contemporary Culture
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This collection explores Beowulfs extensive impact on contemporary culture across a wide range of forms. The last 15 years have seen an intensification of scholarly interest in medievalism and reimaginings of the Middle Ages. However, in spite of the growing prominence of medievalism both in academic discourse and popular cultureand in spite of the position Beowulf itself holds in both areasno study such as this has yet been undertaken. Beowulf in Contemporary Culture therefore makes a significant contribution both to early medieval studies and to our understanding of Beowulfs continuing cultural impact. It should inspire further research into this topic and medievalist responses to other aspects of early medieval culture. Topics covered here range from film and television to video games, graphic novels, childrens literature, translations, and versions, along with original responses published here for the first time. The collection not only provides an overview of the positions Beowulf holds in the contemporary imagination, but also demonstrates the range of avenues yet to be explored, or even fully acknowledged, in the study of medievalism. Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction • David Clark 1 Beowulf on Film: Gender, Sexuality, Hyperreality • David Clark 2 Race/Ethnicity and the Other in Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands • David Clark 3 ‘I braved in my youth-days battles unnumbered’: Beowulf, Video Games, and Hack-and-Slash Medievalism • Victoria E. Cooper and Andrew B. R. Elliott 4 Manly Fantasy: Medieval and Modern Masculinities in Two Juvenile Versions of Beowulf • Janice Hawes 5 Thomas Meyer’s Beowulf: The Visual Text • Claire Pascolini Campbell 6 The Monsters, the Translators, and the Artists: lofgeornost and the Challenges of Translating Beowulf • Jorge Luis Bueno Alonso 7 From Scop to Subversive: Beowulf as a Force for Inclusivity • Meghan Purvis 8 Playful Storytelling in Beowulf • S. C. Thomson 9 ‘The Whale Road’: A Musical Response to the World of Beowulf • Mark Atherton 10 A Conversation between Maria Dahvana Headley and Carolyne Larrington Bibliography Contributors
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