The story of Beowulf is old. Really old. The epic poem, which has been translated and re-translated for centuries, is the Anglo-Saxon tale of a warrior who's celebrated for his victorious bouts with ...

What have they done to Beowulf, everyone’s least favorite Old English epic about a hero’s battles with a monster, the monster’s mother and an annoying dragon who turns up 50 years later? Director ...

Do we need another Beowulf? Hasn’t our culture had enough of muscular Nordic warriors flinging themselves into battle and generously dispensing loot to their fighting buddies? Judging by this ...

Gerard Butler's turn as Stoic the Vast in the live-action adaptation of How To Train Your Dragonproves once again that few actors can channel gruff nobility quite like he can. With his commanding ...

WRITING THE SEVEN HABITS OF Highly Effective Dragon-Slayers was probably not what the unknown author of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf had in mind. But, hey, if they can extract leadership tips from a ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Okay, sit still. I have a lot of things to say about Maria Dahvana Headley's new book, Beowulf, and I'm gonna try to say them all right now. It is Beowulf, mostly. Beowulf, kinda. It is Beowulf down ...

As the cold sting of winter finally starts to fade, so the literary festival season edges closer. An addition to the line-up this year is a five-day celebration of the legendary saga of Beowulf. How ...