Reviews for Postmodern Beowulf: A Critical Casebook

The average rating for Postmodern Beowulf: A Critical Casebook based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-07-26 00:00:00 Don Dillon A wonderful collection of critical essays on the old Anglo-Saxon (though these days I'm preferring Anglo-Scandinavian) poem Beowulf. The editors and contributors are speaking to why there's been such renewed interest -- both academic and popular -- in Beowulf at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. In my opinion, it's principally a story about terrorism and its aftermath, which is why today's audiences are finding it so compellingly contemporary. After all, we have old Hrothgar, the leader of the world's most powerful army, who is totally impotent to stop the carnage brought on by a sinister and godless force -- a force that ruthlessly attacks at the heart of Danish culture in its very own meadhall, then disappears back into its dark and unknowable lair. Sound familiar? (By the way, I'm using the adjectives "sinister" and "godless" to represent Hrothgar's view of Grendel, the terrorist, not my own per se.)

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-01 00:00:00 Servillia Harris Crap, no tex?