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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/did-beowulf-have-one-author-researchers-find-clues-in-stylometry/

I was unware that this was a major debate, but this is a pretty cool finding. It makes me think I should finally knuckle down and read Beowulf. What's a good translation?

>> No.12909561

>>12909547
>knuckle down
Anon, Beowulf is like 5 pages long.

>> No.12909568

best read it in the original ey op?

>>12909561
?????????????????

>> No.12910221

>>12909547
Heaney has its problems, but it's honestly fine for your first read

>> No.12910282

I'm also looking to read Beowulf for the first time. How long does it normally take to learn Old English?

>> No.12911263

bump

>> No.12911379

Seamus Heaney's is considered the best contemporary, Klaebers is probably the best and what I would reccomend if you are serious about it and his introduction is great.

Tolkiens prose translation is okay, ive read it because I like Tolkien up to you tho. Sellic spell is fun and his essay The Monster and The Critics is a fantastic start to getting stuck into the academia of it.

Christopher Cains essays are also great. Dont fall for the christian colouring arguments by pony tail athiest viking larper academics.