ereks mom Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 In my quest to find a version of Beowulf to use with my students, I ran across this very interesting article that compares five different versions [beowulf the Warrior by Ian Serraillier (1954), Beowulf Dragonslayer by Rosemary Sutcliff (1961), Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland (1982), Beowulf by Robert Nye (1995), and Beowulf and the Monster by Brian Patten], and I decided to share it in case it might help someone else also: http://www.academia.edu/476181/Beowulf_For_Boys Since Michael Morpurgo's Beowulf adaptation was not included in the article, I am curious as to how it would compare in its faithfulness to the original. Anyone care to comment? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 ladybugs Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 My hubby got one from iTunes that was great. It had both the orginal and modern English as well as explanations. We learned from it and honestly I wouldn't mind hearing it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thank you for posting this! The children's version I plan to use next for A. (we did a picture book version, Rumford's, which suited our elementary reading quite well) is Marshall's "Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children" which isn't listed in that analysis. I didn't know Sutcliff had a version -- we're doing her Homeric stuff next year, I hope as a prelude to something more like the "Told to the Children" series, and now we may do her Beowulf before the Marshall one. For myself I've been happy to read Gardner's Grendel (not Beowulf, obviously, but a great adult or high school version told from Grendel's perspective). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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