A vastly prolific author of thirty-five books in a career spanning only twenty-five years, John Gardner penned novels, criticism, short stories, works for young readers, a biography of Chaucer, plays,...
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John Champlin Gardner, Jr., novelist, epic poet, and scholar, was born in Batavia, New York, on 21 July 1933 to John Champlin and Priscilla Jones Gardner. As a boy he lived in Batavia, attended the lo...
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During the 20th century, the evil portrayals of The Joker, Venom, and Lex Luthor have earned supervillain's their bad name. Yet, even in medieval times, villains were portrayed as blood ravishing mon...
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The name "Beowulf" alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread.Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" is more like "300," only with more violence, if...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dusty Old English poem
"Beowulf," long required reading in schools, goes Hollywood
this coming Friday in a bit of high-tech animated movie
trickery that its makers are loat...
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1)The NYC MarathonMore than 37,000 runners converge in the Big Apple Nov. 4 for the world’s largest marathon. Think you have what it takes to cross the finish line in Central Park? You’...
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Angelina Jolie brought her boyfriend, Brad Pitt, to the British premiere of her movie "Beowulf," but he let her have the limelight.Jolie, wearing black leather trousers and a tight sweater, signed ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - As if 2007 could get any worse
for Lindsay Lohan, now this: Moviegoers tagged her with the
year's worst performance by an actress. Fifty-eight percent of voters in an online p...
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The governors of the eight Great Lakes states worked for four years to write a plan that would protect their abundant water from being piped south to regions where booming populations face dwindlin...
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Capsule reviews of films opening this week:"Beowulf" — The title alone will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated "Beowulf" i...
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The animated telling of "Beowulf," who rids a Danish kingdom of the feared beast Grendel, slew the box office over the weekend, giving a huge boost to 3-D films in the process.The Paramount Picture...
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Few people play the zipper quite like Ken Butler. Tucking a microphone down his pants, the Brooklyn-based musician counter- rhythmically zips and unzips his fly to a soundtrack of pre-recorded beat...
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Few people play the zipper quite like Ken Butler. Tucking a microphone down his pants, the Brooklyn-based musician counter- rhythmically zips and unzips his fly to a soundtrack of pre-recorded beat...
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John Gardner
John (Champlin) Gardner, Jr.
Analysis of the Character of Grendel
Review: `Beowulf' sexes up epic poem
