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Grouchy Medievalist (hΔ“o/hΔ«e/hire)

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Prof. of Medieval Lit, Translator, Poet, πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ, Drag Artist, Singer, Cavy Mommy. Author of Political Appetites (OSU Press, 2017) & co-editor of Teaching 'Beowulf' (MIP/DeGruyter, 2024). Citizen of the Kingdom of Sass. U Cannot Handle This.

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Aw, Prof. Harrison -- it's so good & refreshing to hear this! I'd be eager to hear how your class finds my work.

Drop us a DM soon β€” love to catch up. [Bit of news: I've been invited to give a lunchtime translation workshop at P'ton, which gak! is both exciting & bizarre at the same time]

Cheers

10.09.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grouchy Medievalist on Substack If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way. Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices… ...

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If you think Old English poetry only appeals to boring, old, straight, white men, it’s because it has traditionally been translated that way.

Yet that is hardly the only way to render its voices…

#oldenglishliterature #medievalliterature #anglosaxon #translation

10.07.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW at "Translations Beyond the Horizon": Reconsidering & (Re)Translating the Old English poetic charm "A Journey Charm" (CCCC MS41; ASPR #11). Hijinks ensue.
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript

03.07.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beowulf’s father was named EcgthΔ“ow.

The existence of an EcgthΔ“ow implies there be an Ecg-hlāford.

Therefore, Hrethel was a shitposter.

#oldenglish #beowulf

25.06.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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index-95 - Ellipse Magazine Contents 95 Project Service Location Year Three Poems by Bernardo ColipΓ‘n MarΓ­a Constanza GuzmΓ‘n Losses by Cristina Bendek Joshua M. Price Two Poems by Yirama

Check out some of Dr. Ophelia's recent translation work, in Ellipse magazine Issue 95, "Five Poems from the Exeter Book" ellipsemagazine.com/index-95/ #oldenglishpoetry #translation #medievalliterature #oldenglish #exeterbook

07.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Post! Part 2 of "Translating from the Trenches" - come check her out! grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation

28.05.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New lines from my translation-in-progress of Le Roman de Silence, a 13th-century Old French romance. I’ve hit the heart of the story here: the plan of Silence’s parents to raise him as a boy. #translation #oldfrench #romance #wewerealwayshere #transhistory

18.05.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon" - part 1 of a reader mailbag of sorts, explaining "Heterogeneity" as a translation value. The Good Shit. #oldenglishliterature #translation #theory #medievalism

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For screen-reader-friendly version of the CFP, please email akh58@camden.rutgers.edu.

For screen-reader-friendly version of the CFP, please email akh58@camden.rutgers.edu.

For screen-reader-friendly version of the CFP, please email akh58@camden.rutgers.edu.

For screen-reader-friendly version of the CFP, please email akh58@camden.rutgers.edu.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: "Reading Old English to Filth," an anthology of daring queer translations of Old English verse. We're seeking new translations of OE short poems (& short excerpts) accompanied w/ 5pp intro discussing approach & methods. #oldenglishliterature #translation #queertheory

26.04.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come see me muse winsomely upon birds, poets, & bird-songs as generic labels in the #exeterbookriddles #oldenglish #riddles grouchymedievalist.substack.com

24.04.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huh. Thanks faceless, follower-less stranger...

14.02.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon": a Guest Post by Denis Ferhatović. Come check it out! Free to subscribe!

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24.01.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure why "former Harris strategists" who, after going on all the shows trashing my πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ siblings for causing the Dems to lose, want to follow my πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ass here to tell me about their new whatevers. Do they think ima detrans or something?

18.12.2024 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the origin story of grendel's mother...

13.12.2024 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What does it say about me that whenever i let YouTube roll on music videos that I'm never more than 10 videos away from #tonetta ? πŸ€”πŸ€”

04.12.2024 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This will be you 2moro... :)

04.12.2024 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sparkle, dammit! With enthusiasm!

29.11.2024 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With newspapers like these, who needs fascists?

29.11.2024 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Counselling, Mary...

28.11.2024 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, it must just be a coincidence that some election happened & I started getting yt supremacist comments on my blog again...

Don't come correcting my flow when u write like u "Human Centipede" Joseph Goebbels for fun. My advice: get further up the chain, son .

26.11.2024 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
English creative translation of Aldhelm's Riddle 100

English creative translation of Aldhelm's Riddle 100

New (Re)Translation work: Aldhelm's Γ†nigma 100 (ca. 700 CE), originally in Anglo-Latin... it's fun to get back to some Latin after so long away. It's not complete -- this is just the first 24 lines or so...

26.11.2024 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh Dr Lorden, u ate with that!

25.11.2024 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning! I must say, it is somewhat joyful to scroll through the feed for this new account and see all of the glorious, cute, & charming feeds I remember from my Twitter days before I had to leave the island. Where has @dril been all this time?

25.11.2024 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.11.2024 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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