About Dick Ringler
Dick Ringler is an emeritus Professor of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and is one of the foremost world authorities on Icelandic literature. In 2007 he completed a new translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, in which particular emphasis was given to preserving the oral rhythm and meter of the original text. This translation was adapted as an audio drama with Norman Gilliland of Wisconsin Public Radio and was released in 2007 under the title Beowulf: The Complete Story—A Drama.
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Scyld Scefing
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Hrothgar And Th Danes - Grendel
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Grendel's Persecution of the Danes
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Beowulf's Victory
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Beowulf Sails to Denmark
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Beowulf and Hrothgar's Sentry
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Beowulf and Hrothgar
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Unferth's Version of Beoweulf's Swimming Feat
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Beowulf and Grendel Fight
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Beowulf and the Coastguard
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Beowulf and His Men Wait for Grendel in the Hall
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The Danes Celebrate Grendel's Defeat
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Beowulf And Hrothgar - Continued
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Beowulf'f Version of the Feat and Hrothgar's Reaction
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Beowulf Fights Grendel's Mother
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Hrothgar Rewards Grendel
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The Attack By Grendel's Mother
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Entertainment at the Feast: The Tale of Finn and Hnaef
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The Tale Of Finn And Hnaef - Conclusion
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Hrothgar Thanks Beowulf
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The Return to Heorot
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Hrothgar's Despair
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The Journey to the Monsters' Lair
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Wealhtheow's Gifts to Beowulf
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Hrothgar and Beowulf Talk
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Beowulf Goes Home
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Beowulf Reports to His King
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Hrothgar Counsels Beowulf
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Beowulf Prepares to Fight the Dragon
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Beowulf's Report Concluded
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The Dragon's Revenge
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Beowulf and Wiglaf Kill the Dragon
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Beowulf and Hrothgar Say Goodbye
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Beowulf is Mortally Wounded
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The Dragon's Hoard is Plundered
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Beowulf's Death
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Prophecy of Future Warfare between the Geats and Their Enemies
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Wiglaf Rebukes Beowulf's Cowardly Retainers
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Beowulf Fights the Dragon
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Beowulf Arrives at the Dragon's Mound
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Beowulf's Reward - The Coming Of The Dragon
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Beowulf's Funeral
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The Background of Swedish Hostility
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Hrothgar and th Danes--Grendel
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Beowulf and Hrothgar--Continued
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The Tale of Finn and Hnaef--Conclusion
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Beowulf's Reward--The Coming of the Dragon
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Beowulf's Reward. The Coming Of The Dragon
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Hrothgar And Tthe Danes. Grendel
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Beowulf And Hrothgar Cont'd
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