The Lake, the arch, the Deep Arch, Her, the digital cave, the underworld, the womb

[Michael Bailey]

http://www.carthage.edu/live/news/246-carthage-english-major-presents-paper-examining

Found that while looking for a non- militaristic interpretation of
Beowulf.  What I was looking for is some kind of recognition that Grendel,
in one or many ways, is the militaristic chickens of Hrothgar's marauding
come home to roost!

Either Hrothgar or one of his lieges no doubt did away with Papa Grendel
and perhaps also impregnated Mama Grendel, breeding resentment.

Those horrible thanes, easing their consciences with mead - perhaps they
all remembered a night of long knives and revelry and rampage when
Grendel's mother, will-she nill'd-she, pulled the train...well, they didn't
have trains back then...but anyway...to me it seems a distinct possibility
that was what the scop or skjald or whatever was driving at but was
constrained for obvious reasons
...hmmm?...anyway...

Yeah darn the luck, if they had to make 3 movies out of _The Hobbit_, why
can't they put in more of the cool Tolkien touches instead of generic war
glorification?

Haven't seen it, but do we get Beorn?  Do we get "nobody likes being called
'attercop'"?  And do we get all the songs & poetry verbatim?  Ah well...

PS ...can't wait for Inherent Vice...
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