Video of Beowulf, part 1 (Patreon)

For those waiting for the video of Simon Roper and me reading Beowulf (part 1), here it is today on Simon's channel. Simon outdid himself here, adding a very useful five-minute introduction at the start and even adding the text that we were reading from live on-screen so that you can follow along without having to dig it up yourself (and potentially getting confused by different line numbers in the process). 

I'm looking forward to the next installment in February, though Simon and I haven't scheduled it definitively yet. It occurs to me that Simon and I could "easily" produce a published translation of Beowulf once we're done with this series, as if the world needs another one of those.

Office hours tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. Colorado time, I'll hope to see you there if you have questions about Old Norse stuff in the usual way. Otherwise I'm hard at work on a (mini?-)series that I think you'll enjoy on the channel, and of course the Old Norse textbook.

Wishing you all a great weekend, with my thanks for your kindness and continued support,

Jackson Crawford

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