Steve Lacasse
Total Posts: 14
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11-14-17 06:10 PM - Post#858623
This isn't exercise related, but please bear with me.
I'd heard in an interview that Mr. John's worked on something about the Beowulf poem, and I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can get my hands on it.
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Dan John
Total Posts: 12292
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11-15-17 09:42 AM - Post#858649
I'm going to have to retype it. It's very good...
Daniel John
Just handing down what I was handed down...
Make a Difference.
Live. Love. Laugh.
Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude)
Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk.
Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth.
Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights.
Reread great books. Say thank you |
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Steve Lacasse
Total Posts: 14
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11-15-17 02:17 PM - Post#858672
I'd look forward to it! Just picked up Tolkien's translation after reading his "Monsters and Critics" essay not long ago. Not sure what it is about that old story, but hell if there isn't something durable to it that I can't put my finger on.
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Dan John
Total Posts: 12292
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11-25-17 01:40 PM - Post#859036
Tolkien, among others, was a major resource for me on my work.
Daniel John
Just handing down what I was handed down...
Make a Difference.
Live. Love. Laugh.
Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude)
Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk.
Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth.
Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights.
Reread great books. Say thank you |
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Marlon Leon
Total Posts: 113
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12-11-17 12:12 PM - Post#859714
Dan, can you recommend a version of Beowulf in modern English?
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Dan John
Total Posts: 12292
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12-11-17 02:35 PM - Post#859723
Burton Raffel (I hope I have the spelling right).
I wasn't a fan of Seamus Heaney's...it was amazing, yes...but Burton's version sticks to the original and, just my opinion, works clearly for me.
Daniel John
Just handing down what I was handed down...
Make a Difference.
Live. Love. Laugh.
Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude)
Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk.
Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth.
Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights.
Reread great books. Say thank you |
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Marlon Leon
Total Posts: 113
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12-21-17 04:54 AM - Post#860174
Thanks, Dan.
And btw I put two books from your list on my Christmas wish list (Hamlet and Don Quixote). I am looking forward to reading them.
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Dan John
Total Posts: 12292
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12-21-17 02:09 PM - Post#860188
That's great...
Daniel John
Just handing down what I was handed down...
Make a Difference.
Live. Love. Laugh.
Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude)
Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk.
Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth.
Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights.
Reread great books. Say thank you |
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Marlon Leon
Total Posts: 113
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01-18-18 06:09 AM - Post#861190
Dear Dan,
I wanted to say thank you.
I've read Hamlet twice now. The first time through I could mainly follow the plot but only the second time I got more and more the depth of the play. Fortunately there is so much helpful material online. However, I will read this play many more times and I am sure I will notice everytime something else.
Thanks to you the Shakespeare bug has bitten me and I am reading now Macbeth.
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Dan John
Total Posts: 12292
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01-18-18 06:36 PM - Post#861218
Amazing.
Someone remind me to retype my Beowulfwork.
Daniel John
Just handing down what I was handed down...
Make a Difference.
Live. Love. Laugh.
Balance work, rest, play and pray (enjoy beauty and solitude)
Sleep soundly. Drink Water. Eat veggies and protein. Walk.
Wear your seat belt. Don’t smoke. Floss your teeth.
Put weights overhead. Pick weights off the floor. Carry weights.
Reread great books. Say thank you |
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Neander
Total Posts: 7755
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Beowulf 01-22-18 11:45 PM - Post#861386
Der . . . oops. Wrong spot.
Life's too short to worry about longevity.
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Edited by Neander on 01-22-18 11:50 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Seward
Total Posts: 195
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08-13-18 02:03 PM - Post#868724
Just read the Seamus Heaney and really enjoyed it. To be fair, this is the only version I've read in 20 years.
What a testament to the importance of grip strength.
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Ville
Total Posts: 2770
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09-13-18 05:23 AM - Post#870445
Slightly off topic, but there's a funny comedy on BBC Two at the moment called "Upstart Crow" about Shakespeare. The "actor Wolf Hall" in yesterday's episode made me laugh! (If you ever watched Wolf Hall, you'll see why.) Quite a lot of references to current issues in UK, e.g., public transportation, immigration / Brexit, Red Nose day, etc.
It may not be your cup of tea, but I thought I'd mention it.
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