An Aesthetic Education: The Myths that Make Us - Beowulf Pt. 1

Welcome back to a new episode of An Aesthetic Education, as we head towards the end of the year and the end of our second season. Our last two episodes of this season will take us back in time to explore the origins of the English language and literature by diving into the world of Anglo-Saxon, England and the story of Beowulf.Written & Presented by Jeremy RosenAll Rights Reserved Altalena Inc. READING LIST:Peter S. Baker (ed.), The Beowulf Reader (Routledge, 2000)R. E. Bjork and J. D. Niles, A Beowulf Handbook (Liverpool University Press, 1997)R. E. Bjork, R. D. Fulk and J. D. Niles (eds.), Klaeber’s Beowulf (University of Toronto Press, 2008)R. D. Fulk (ed.), The Beowulf Manuscript (Harvard University Press, 2010)R. D. Fulk, Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology (Indiana University Press, 1991)Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2013)E. B. Irving, Rereading Beowulf (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992)Andy Orchard, A Critical Companion to Beowulf (Boydell and Brewer, 2003)Andy Orchard, Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript (University of Toronto Press, 2003)J. R. R. Tolkien and C. Tolkien, Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (Houghton Mifflin, 2014)