Beowulf: The Monsters and the Comics

dc.contributor.authorBishop, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:39:10Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2020-12-20T07:41:59Z
dc.description.abstractThe Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf has steadfastly resisted efforts to popularise it or translate it into an easily dispersible medium. One of the least successful attempts to do so was the mid-70s comic book Beowulf Dragon Slayer that lasted only six issues. Close reading of this comic, however, reveals a number of salient convergences between the graphic novel and the poem. The modern Grendel would still be recognisable to a tenth-century audience, as would the pre-occupation with fate. More interestingly, though, the failure of the comic-book series parallels the transmission history of the poem itself.
dc.identifier.issn1449-9320
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/57056
dc.provenanceThe publisher permission to archive the version was granted via email, archived in ERMS6498196
dc.publisherAustralian Early Medieval Association Inc
dc.sourceJournal of the Australian Early Medieval Association
dc.titleBeowulf: The Monsters and the Comics
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage93
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage73
local.contributor.affiliationBishop, Christopher, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu3414012@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidBishop, Christopher, u3414012
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200212 - Screen and Media Culture
local.identifier.absfor200508 - Other Literatures in English
local.identifier.absseo950203 - Languages and Literature
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9313329xPUB385
local.identifier.citationvolume7
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9313329
local.type.statusPublished Version

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