
Dudes Without Heirs
Maria Headley translates ‘Beowulf,’ a story in which women make the world, and men make their legends by destroying it.
Beowulf
translated from the Old English by Maria Dahvana Headley
December 3, 2020 issue
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Irina Dumitrescu is a Professor of English Medieval Studies at the University of Bonn. Her book, The Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature, is published in paperback in November. (December 2020)
Dudes Without Heirs
Maria Headley translates ‘Beowulf,’ a story in which women make the world, and men make their legends by destroying it.
Beowulf
translated from the Old English by Maria Dahvana Headley
December 3, 2020 issue
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