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Michael Alexander, poet and broadcaster whose Anglo-Saxon translations were used in Kenneth Clark’s...
The Telegraph via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoMichael Alexander, who has died aged 82, was a translator, poet, academic and broadcaster whose...
Somebody returned a copy of 'Beowulf' to a library 54 years after it was checked out. It would have...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoA stock photo shows open books in a library.Mitshu/Getty Images Somebody returned a copy of...
How J.R.R. Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery'
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoKnights travel to battle in an illustration from a Medieval manuscript. British Library, CC BY-SA In...
Biden and Irish poets: 'Hope and history,' a lifelong love
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good...
House of Dragons – an introduction to the stories and British history that inspired the beasts of...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoHBO Dragons have inspired awe and wonder since the beginning of human imagination. Most recently,...
Voices: There’s now a ‘trigger warning’ on Beowulf – have TWs gone too far?
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoAs an English Literature student, one of the first things I studied at university was the Old...
Medieval great halls were at the heart of the festive season – here the community kept warm by...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoGetty Open Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The great hall is one of the most...
How AI could reveal secrets of thousands of handwritten documents – from medieval manuscripts to...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoHave you ever struggled to read what that scrawl between “carrots” and “potatoes” is on your...
What does alliteration mean? Definitions and real-world examples in ads, songs and poetry.
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoEven if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note...
Voices: It is a truth universally acknowledged that we don’t need ‘trigger warnings’ on Jane Austen
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoIf you thought trigger warnings had gone too far, brace yourself for a new one – on Jane Austen....