. . "Scandinavia" . . "Beowulf" . . "1100 - 1500" . . "FMG on Demand." . . "Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)" . . . . . . . . . . . "Educational films"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . . . "Seamus Heaney on the new Beowulf" . "Seamus Heaney on the new Beowulf"@en . . . . "Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Heaney about his recent translations of the epic poem Beowulf, the probable background of the bard who created the original, similarities between Old English and bits of Anglo-Saxon that still crop up in rural Ireland, and the importance of meter and alliteration in driving the poem. A reading of a passage from the new text and the old demonstrates the poetic affinity between them while underscoring the poem's timeless appeal." . "Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Heaney about his recent translations of the epic poem Beowulf, the probable background of the bard who created the original, similarities between Old English and bits of Anglo-Saxon that still crop up in rural Ireland, and the importance of meter and alliteration in driving the poem. A reading of a passage from the new text and the old demonstrates the poetic affinity between them while underscoring the poem's timeless appeal."@en . . . . . . "Interviews" . "Interviews"@en . . . . "Translations" . "Translations"@en . "Recently re-translated by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, Beowulf has caused a sensation in both the U.S. and the U.K. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Heaney about his attraction to that epic poem, the probable background of the bard who created the original, similarities between Old English and bits of Anglo-Saxon that still crop up in rural Ireland, and the importance of meter and alliteration in driving the poem. A reading of a passage from the new text and the old demonstrates the poetic affinity between them while underscoring the poem's timeless appeal. (12 minutes)."@en . . . . "Nonfiction television programs"@en . . . . . . . . . "Seamus Heaney on the New Beowulf"@en . . . . . . . "Television interviews"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Internet videos"@en . "Recently re-translated by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, Beowulf has caused a sensation in both the U.S. and the U.K. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Heaney about his attraction to that epic poem, the probable background of the bard who created the original, similarities between Old English and bits of Anglo-Saxon that still crop up in rural Ireland, and the importance of meter and alliteration in driving the poem. A reading of a passage from the new text and the old demonstrates the poetic affinity between them while underscoring the poem's timeless appeal."@en . . . "Videorecording"@en . "Poetry"@en . "Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's re-translation of Beowulf caused a sensation in both the U.S. and the U.K. NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth speaks with Heaney about his attraction to that epic poem, the probable background of the bard who created the original, similarities between Old English and bits of Anglo-Saxon that still crop up in rural Ireland, and the importance of meter and alliteration in driving the poem. Heaney's reading of a passage from the new text and the old demonstrates the poetic affinity between them while underscoring the poem's timeless appeal."@en .