Schools Add New Titles to Classic English Literature Curriculum

High schools and colleges are now bringing a new angle to archetypal age-old tales like Beowulf. With the accession of new works told from an alternating point of view, acceptance are now examination the abstract from a beginning angle.

Beowulf is a acceptable archetype of area there are new perspectives on age-old classics. The aboriginal argument was accounting in about 1,000 A.D. With the advertisement of John Gardner's Grendel in 1971, readers saw the aboriginal archetypal from the alternating appearance of the monster, Grendel. Now with the accession of Ashley Crownover's, Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf, readers accretion a changeable point of appearance on what was the quintessential hero adventure told from a macho perspective.

Jack Schultz of the Northwest Area School District in Pennsylvania has included Wealtheow in his top academy abstract advance because: "I had already included Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye, so now, I use [Wealtheow] as able-bodied to accommodate advice on the accomplishments and ability of women of the times." The book aswell provides a backstory for the agent of the monster Grendel which was bare from antecedent works.

The admittance of alternating tellings accommodate a added counterbalanced appearance of the classic, acceptance apprentice to weight a array of perspectives and to enhance the abyss of their compassionate that the apple can be beheld from assorted credibility of view.


Other bookish acclaim for Wealtheow includes Matthew Gabriele of Virgina Tech University, Assistant Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, who said, "Crownover absolutely is a acceptable storyteller. The anecdotal flows alternating at a quick clip and the characters are well-drawn." Richard Nokes, Troy University's Professor of Medieval Literature adds, "with the barring of John Gardner's Grendel, I now accept afresh admired re-telling of the Beowulf story. Ashley Crownover's Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf avoids the pitfalls of the women's call subgenre, and enriches the Beowulf ballad in means writers accept bootless to do back Gardner."

For added advice on how to add Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf (ISBN 9781596523913) to your curriculum, acquaintance Turner Publishing at (615) 255-2665 or appointment their website at turnerpublishing.com.

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