SANTIAGO GARCIA & DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf which has endured for a thousand years inspired an epic poem become a foundational piece of English literature & influenced generations of authors from JRR Tolkien & Seamus Heaney to a multitude of Hollywood screenwriters BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark & Sweden A monster Grendel has arrived in the kingdom of the Danes devouring its men & women for over a decade until Beowulf arrives to save them GARCIA & RUBIN faithfully follow the original story for a new version that is neither revisionist nor postmodern but captures the tone & important details of the poem translating its potent epic resonance & melancholy into a contemporary comic that isn&t standard swords & sorcery or heroic fantasy fare but rather an ancient story with a modern perspective that remains respectful of the source material ...

In this thrilling re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend Beowulf the renowned children's historical fiction writer Rosemary Sutcliff recounts Beowulf's most terrifying quests against Grendel the man-wolf against the hideous sea-hag & most courageous of all
- his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake
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Composed towards the end of the first millennium the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics & a classic of European literature In his new translation Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true line by line to the original poem & an expression in its language & music of something fundamental to his own creative gift The poem is about encountering the monstrous defeating it & then having to live on physically & psychically exposed in that exhausted aftermath It is not hard to draw parallels between this story & the history of the twentieth century nor can Heaney&s Beowulf fail to be read partly in the light of his Northern Irish upbringing But it also transcends such considerations telling us psychological & spiritual truths that are permanent & liberating ...

The translation of Beowulf by JRR Tolkien was an early work very distinctive in its mode completed in 1926 he returned to it later to make hasty corrections but seems never to have considered its publication This edition is twofold for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; & from these lectures a substantial selection has been made to form also a commentary on the translation in this book From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy & clarity of his vision It is as if he entered into the imagined past standing beside Beowulf & his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth or looking up in amazement at Grendel's terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot But the commentary in this book

Includes:: also much from those lectures in which while always anchored in the text he expressed his wider perceptions He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf snuffling in baffled rage & injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup'; but he rebuts the notion that this is a mere treasure story' just another dragon tale' He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago & observes that it is the feeling for the treasure itself this sad history' that raises it to another level The whole thing is sombre tragic sinister curiously real The treasure is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time or marry the princess It is laden with history leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song but not beyond the reach of imagination' Sellic Spell a marvellous tale' is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form & style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf in which there was no association with the historical legends' of the Northern kingdoms

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This spectacular drama re-imagines one of literature’s most enduring heroes the great warrior Beowulf Having left the rugged frontier town of Herot some twenty years before he returns seeking a sense of purpose & belonging & to say goodbye to it’s dying Thane Hrothgar Although quickly & wrongly accused of murdering Herot’s Reeve shortly after his arrival Beowulf once again finds a home in the town & after driving off the beast Grendl he becomes the enigmatic & unconventional Reeve whose job it is to uphold the law & protect the town from the external & internal dangers which constantly threaten its existence What he doesn’t plan on however is falling in love with Herot’s beautiful if secretive healer Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating characters this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as a hero whilst defending those he loves from an increasingly hostile world Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ...

Artists Beranek Label Dark Entries Format Vinyl 12 Album Running Time Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 Sound of Danger 2 Pictures & Paintings 3 Crystal Dream 4 How Could We Simply Die 5 Search 6 So Many Things 7 Doorway 8 A Prisoner in a Silent Way 9 Can't Go to Sleep ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Peter Strickland&s atmospheric chiller BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO stars Toby Jones as a shy sound engineer in the 1970s who leaves the comfort of Dorking to work at an Italian studio on a grisly horror film Pretty soon the claustrophobic studio coupled with the macabre cut & splice of the violent giallo soundtrack leads the horrors to seep off the screen & into the mind of the meek sound mixer ...

Peter Strickland&s atmospheric chiller BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO stars Toby Jones as a shy sound engineer in the 1970s who leaves the comfort of Dorking to work at an Italian studio on a grisly horror film Pretty soon the claustrophobic studio coupled with the macabre cut & splice of the violent giallo soundtrack leads the horrors to seep off the screen & into the mind of the meek sound mixer ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In 1989 six year old Martin Bristoll is abducted from his backyard in Minersville Pennsylvania Graham Sutter a psychotic recluse keeps Martin imprisoned on his derelict pig farm forcing him to witness unspeakable horrors For five years his whereabouts remain a mystery until seventeen year old Allison Miller moves to town to live with her Uncle Jonathan (Michael Biehn) While exploring her new surroundings she discovers that things at the farmhouse down the road aren&t quite right Her curiosity reveals a hornet&s nest of evil that once opened can never be closed Actors Alexandra Daddario Spencer List Brett Rickaby Michael Biehn Nolan Gerard Funk Kathryn Meisle Peyton List John Savage Valentina de Angelis Greg Wood Ashley Wolfe Chase Pechacek Andrea Havens Miriam A Hyman & Tom Mc Nutt Director Stevan Mena Certificate 18 years & over Year 2010 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx)
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All too frequently clinical practice consists of repeating year after year the methods learned in graduate training occasionally seasoned by a technique learned in a continuing-education workshop Bereavement Groups & the Role of Social Support gives clinicians what they've been missing in other volumes practical techniques that have a solid contemporary empirical basis Deftly weaving together theory research & practice this volume is a compendium of the latest practical thinking about bereavement support groups Readers will learn when well-loved practices make sense & are supported by sound evidence as well as which practices should possibly be discontinued The book also contains the results of a qualitative study bringing together the best practices of experienced bereavement group leaders from around the world ...