tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post6217639881304631894..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: Tuesday's DragonAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-6511769031877902812011-10-11T23:29:54.397-04:002011-10-11T23:29:54.397-04:00Ugh, I never did like Beowulf... I had to read the...Ugh, I never did like Beowulf... I had to read the entire poem and answer all those silly Lit. questions.Miahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020182957508765689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-59267264396871494322011-10-11T22:45:14.875-04:002011-10-11T22:45:14.875-04:00I hate to admit it, but it was British Literature ...I hate to admit it, but it was British Literature class which introduced me to Beowulf as well. The book had sat long on the shelf in my house (and they say familiarity breeds contempt) and I had judged it by its cover (which really was atrocious) so it took that forceful push of a class-room setting to make me crack the cover. But that slight twinge of embarrassment aside, it is nice to discover (by means of Tuesday's Dragon) that other people have read it and, what's more, enjoyed it too.<br /><br />(I must say, the title of these installments reminds me of the rhyme "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace..." so that I am always expecting Anne Elisabeth to write that "Tuesday's dragon is full of grace, Wednesday's dragon is full of woe..." Which is probably about as preposterous as it is ridiculous, but that's what one gets for reading nursery rhymes as a child.)Jenny Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019561431799543099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-47842515718437448272011-10-11T18:25:43.016-04:002011-10-11T18:25:43.016-04:00I really enjoyed reading this for Brit Lit class.I really enjoyed reading this for Brit Lit class.Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993204559713347090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-39722183697637618112011-10-11T12:49:32.099-04:002011-10-11T12:49:32.099-04:00Thanks so much for posting this, Anne! It's so...Thanks so much for posting this, Anne! It's so interesting to read about different dragons, and the roll they play in mythology:) I have one version of Beowulf (although I'm not sure which one) and really enjoyed it! <br /><br />~ClaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-80235091742411367882011-10-11T08:53:21.737-04:002011-10-11T08:53:21.737-04:00"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of...<i>"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession: and Smaug was no exception."</i><br /><br />Hurrah, I hoped you would do Beowulf's dragon. I am very, very fond of the story of Beowulf, in particular his encounter with the dragon. Of course it's heart-breaking, but in the midst of all that heart-break there is loyalty and victory. Not to put you on the spot or anything, but I noticed these notions in your works: that you may not live to tell about it, but at least you took a stand against the dragon. <br /><br />I have only read Burton Raffel's translation, and that twice, though I have Seamus Heaney's as well and a battered old copy in the Anglo-Saxon which is largely commentary with the text slipped (almost by accident) somewhere between a hulk of notes and appendices. <br /><br />Having written <i>Adamantine</i> which concerns Wiglaf (and Beowulf by extension) I find it difficult to look at the story from the perspective of the dragon. This is a rather new angle you've set for me. And perhaps I had better stop now before I lose myself in singsong praise over the warriors and lose sight of the content of the dragonable post. Thanks for posting on this one!Jenny Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18019561431799543099noreply@blogger.com