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[illuminationsfantastic]

ISSUE 1 of ILLUMINATIONS OF THE FANTASTIC. Poem/Epic Narrative. . Musurdvitha (Chapters 1-3) . Inspired by Norse and English legend, this poem is an epic fantasy set in a world of heroic warriors who must anticipate and battle the wiles of Fate. The poem continues in our next edition, out May 1st. https://illuminationsfantastic.squarespace.com/musurdvitha-the-lay-of-mouse-fate-norse-epic-poetry-alliterative-2020 #literarymagazine #epicpoetry #norse #oldenglishpoetry #anglosaxonpoetry #musurdvitha #epicverse #poetry #fiction #fantasy #epic (at Franklin, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ye6TEhbG6/?igshid=15mv2z4jaqfhr

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Michael Alexander's translation of a portion of the #oldenglish #anglosaxon poem "Christ II". #cynewulf #christ2 #oldenglishliterature #oldenglishpoetry #oldenglishpoems #anglosaxonpoetry #anglosaxon #englishliterature #michaelalexander #translation #literature #bookstagram (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0-EhCuHTED/?igshid=1fs4bdnlx3oa7

[bibliobeque]

Freshly delivered by the brilliant @theironbridgebookshop 📮 A book that combines two of my favourite things, Penguin Classics and the type of wallpaper that wouldn't look out of place in Father Ted's bathroom. 🌸🛀 This book is Piers the Ploughman by William Langland - L87, 1960. #seabirdsaturday #theironbridgebookshop #penguinclassics #fathertedstyle #williamlangland #pierstheploughman #oldenglishpoetry #reboundbook — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2TTs24Z

[oldenglishpoetry]

Here come the Beowulfs! #beowulf #anglosaxon #oldenglish #alliterative #beowulfmeter #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #alliterativemeter #oxfordworldsclassics #kevincrossleyholland #translations #poetry #poets #poems #epics #epicpoetry #narrativepoetry #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookcollection #books #heroicpoetry #elegaicpoetry #englishliterature #literature #beowulfpoem (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxSdKSZgj_J/?igshid=rtda78rcvioe

[oldenglishpoetry]

A bit more from Tolkien's The Lay of the Children of Hurin. #poetry #poems #poem #poets #tolkien #jrrtolkien #theinklings #childrenofhurin #layofthechildrenofhurin #alliterative #alliterativemeter #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishpoetry (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbsWVqAAvg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1om563y6ekx7n

[oldenglishpoetry]

We're about at the end of our Beowulfian journey - I have a couple more things I'd like to post, and there's always another translation to geat and read. This is the Klaeber 3rd Edition, considered the authoritative edition to get of the original. The supplementary commentary and notes are extensive. I haven't dived into it all, but along with the Tolkien and the glossed Penguin, it's the most helpful in expanding your knowledge of the poem. #beowulf #beowulfpoem #oldenglish #anglosaxon #oldenglishpoetry #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishverse #anglosaxonverse #beowulfmeter #alliterative #alliteration #alliterativepoetry #alliterativemeter #epic #epicpoetry #narrativepoetry #narrativepoem #poetry #poem #poems #poets #poet #anonymouspoetry #anonymous #klaeber #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookshelf #bookcollection (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxuzHtcACXb/?igshid=zwamogdalb26

[oldenglishpoetry]

Here's the next installment of Beowulf comparisons. Tolkien and Williamson, and Chickering re-do included. #beowulf #tolkien #craigwilliamson #howelldchickeringjr #anglosaxon #oldenglish #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #epicpoetry #poetry #poems #anonymous #alliterativemeter #oldenglishmeter #beowulfmeter #beowulfpoem #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookcollection #literature #oldenglishliterature (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxkYQVJgwE1/?igshid=g5lursb2klg3

[oldenglishpoetry]

From the Old English Genesis, some non-Beowulf alliterative verse. #oldenglishmeter #oldenglishpoetry #anglosaxon #anglosaxonpoetry #beowulfmeter #oldenglishgenesis #genesis #bibleverses #biblepoetry #poetry #poem #anonymous #epicpoetry #alliterative #alliterativemeter #alliteration #alliterativepoetry #cadmoniangenesis #isaac #abraham (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxhx8bagQ-U/?igshid=1l3qb9j5f2555

[oldenglishpoetry]

"There was song and swag". Three bits here. OG Beowulf in Michael Alexander's edition for @penguinclassics , followed by Alexander's own translation of the The Fight at Finnsburgh, the story referenced within Beowulf. Jump back (or between), and we have Longfellow's rendering of an Anglo-Saxon poem and then he translates Beowulf's descent into the mere. I really wish Longfellow had lived a bit more with the poem, as great as he was with languages, A-S and Beowulf was just then re-emerging from its own mere of forgotteness. #beowulf #beowulfpoem #anglosaxon #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #oldenglish #translation #poetrytranslation #longfellow #henrywadsworthlongfellow #michaelalexander #literature #poetry #poem #poet #epic #epicpoetry #narrativepoem #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #books #bookcollection (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxceCiJgHHq/?igshid=uwznbmvbns0s

[oldenglishpoetry]

Here's a look at the Early English Text Society's facsimile edition of Beowulf alongside Zupitza's transliteration. I'm honestly surprised nobody has published a "finished" illuminated replication. Took a few different shots from several passages, again including the feast episode at 1065. #beowulf #facsimile #zupitza #earlyenglishtextsociety #eets #anglosaxon #oldenglish #anglosaxonpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #epicpoetry #poetry #poems #anonymous #alliterativemeter #oldenglishmeter #beowulfmeter #beowulfpoem #books #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookcollection #literature #oldenglishliterature (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxUpXDog1JF/?igshid=udr0nahbx5ga

[oldenglishpoetry]

This is taking long hwiles. Here is the germinating passage of the now longer (but incomplete) "Battle On Heavensfield". See my timeline for two other passages - it will begin mythically with Edwin and Cadwalla. #alliterativemetrealliterativemeter #poetry #oldenglishpoetry #anglosaxonpoetry #epic #epicpoetry #cadwallader #kingoswald #saintoswald #northumbria #englishsaints #englishking #poem #poet #newpoetry #newpoem #newpoet #poems #poets #epicpoetry #narrativepoetry #narrativepoem #narrativepoems (at Franklin, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPL9BGgdT-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ipp1rmn7nouj

[oldenglishpoetry]

Book version. This passage >> (page 2) #simonarmitage #poetrytranslations #poetry #poem #poems #poets #alliterativemeter #alliteration #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #middleenglishpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #saint_wulfram @saint_wulfram #tolkienesque #epicpoetry #heroicpoetry #narrativepoem #narrativepoems #narrativepoetry #arthurianliterature #arthurianlegend #alliterativemortearthure #kingarthur (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsWG2TIHLq0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5mo84cyklo7i

[oldenglishpoetry]

MUSURDVITHA (The Lay of Mouse-Fate). Chapters 1 & 2. Or, many many introductions. #animalfantasy #poetry #newpoetry #poem #newpoem #poems #newpoems #poets #newpoets #alliterativemeter #alliteration #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #middleenglishpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #saint_wulfram @saint_wulfram #tolkienesque #epicpoetry #heroicpoetry #narrativepoem #narrativepoems #narrativepoetry #musurdvitha #typesetting #fancywords (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsquqA3HpLF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17zj1b4021wqz

[oldenglishpoetry]

Chapters 9 & 10: The Battle Concluded and Ending from my Musurdvitha poem. (7 pages) I'll be uploading the first half soon after a few extra brush strokes. #animalfantasy #poetry #poem #poems #poets #alliterativemeter #alliteration #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #middleenglishpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #saint_wulfram @saint_wulfram #tolkienesque #epicpoetry #heroicpoetry #narrativepoem #narrativepoems #narrativepoetry #battlescenes #musurdvitha #authorsofinstagram (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgPGDOnV34/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uvhgbcsfrkfq

[oldenglishpoetry]

The Battle Scene (part 2) from Musurdvitha. (7 pages) #animalfantasy #poetry #poem #poems #poets #alliterativemeter #alliteration #poetrycommunity #poetryofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #middleenglishpoetry #oldenglishpoetry #saint_wulfram @saint_wulfram #tolkienesque #epicpoetry #heroicpoetry #narrativepoem #narrativepoems #narrativepoetry #battlescenes #musurdvitha (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsd5eQhHeiy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yds9vusipawv