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Grendel is a 1971 novel by the American author John Gardner. [1] It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel.In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an antihero.
Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman asked to engage a madman fluent in classical mythology; Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the monster's point of view, with an existential subtext; and October Light, about an embittered brother and sister living and feuding with each other in rural Vermont (the novel includes an invented ...
Grendel is a figure in the poem Beowulf, preserved in the Nowell Codex. [2] Grendel, being cursed as the descendant of the Biblical Cain, along with elves and other eotens, is "harrowed" by the sounds of singing that come every night from the mead hall of Heorot built by King Hroðgar. Unable to bear it any more, he attacks Heorot.
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Grendel was the masked identity of Hunter Rose, a successful author. As Grendel, he worked as an assassin before taking control of New York City's organized crime. He first appeared in October 1982 in the anthology Comico Primer, and was given his own series in 1983.
Matt Wagner's first published comic book work was Comico Primer #2 (1982), which was the first appearance of Grendel. [2] In addition to his creator-owned series Mage and Grendel, [3] he has worked on comics featuring the Demon and Batman as well as such titles as Sandman Mystery Theatre. [4]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia's ...
The form of time-restricted eating assessed in this research was fasting for 12 to 20 hours a day, with 4 to 12 hours available for eating. The review and meta-analysis included data from 15 ...