er… happy new year folks! just surfacing at last \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
And I was reading a new edition of Beowulf – as you do – in this case a new verse translation by Michael Alexander published by Penguin – and found two references to middle earth within the first thousand lines! It’s a great tale – half Tolkien half Star Trek Klingon warrior culture… A classic at the speed of videoclips!<\/p>\n
And of course I had to see the new Lord of the Rings on the second day after opening – what a great movie – mobile scars, vanishing cloaks and all \ud83d\ude42 The trilogy will live like 2001 a Space Odyssey (also drawing on classical references), and the five movies of the Star Wars trilogy, among the great movie experiences of the new Century – of course Tolkien was a fine linguist and Anglo-Saxon scholar – so I was delighted to see the way some of Tolkien’s langage reflects its Anglo-saxon\/Old English roots – check out this list: I particularly liked Fr\u00f3dan as Frodo – the wise!<\/p>\n And for a taste of Beowulf itself – check out:<\/p>\n
\nTolkien and Beowulf<\/a> for a good sprinkling…<\/p>\n