Grouchy Medievalist (hēo/hīe/hire)
@grouchymedievalist.bsky.social
Prof. of Medieval Lit, Translator, Poet, 🏳️⚧️, 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.
This passage from the Saga of Eirik the Red (ca. 1300s) proves my long-held conviction that medieval Icelanders invented the banana costume… #icelandicsaga #oldnorseliterature #eirikrinnrauði #medievalliterature
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This passage from the Saga of Eirik the Red (ca. 1300s) proves my long-held conviction that medieval Icelanders invented the banana costume… #icelandicsaga #oldnorseliterature #eirikrinnrauði #medievalliterature
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
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#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
July 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW at "Translations Beyond the Horizon": Reconsidering & (Re)Translating the Old English poetic charm "A Journey Charm" (CCCC MS41; ASPR #11). Hijinks ensue.
grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translation #oldenglishpoetry #manuscript
New Post! Part 2 of "Translating from the Trenches" - come check her out! grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
May 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
New Post! Part 2 of "Translating from the Trenches" - come check her out! grouchymedievalist.substack.com
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
#translationtheory #walterbenjamin #oldenglishpoetry #theseafarer #translation
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
May 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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
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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May 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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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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
April 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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
Come see me muse winsomely upon birds, poets, & bird-songs as generic labels in the #exeterbookriddles #oldenglish #riddles grouchymedievalist.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Come see me muse winsomely upon birds, poets, & bird-songs as generic labels in the #exeterbookriddles #oldenglish #riddles grouchymedievalist.substack.com
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon": a Guest Post by Denis Ferhatović. Come check it out! Free to subscribe!
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January 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW on "Translations Beyond the Horizon": a Guest Post by Denis Ferhatović. Come check it out! Free to subscribe!
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Counselling, Mary...
November 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Counselling, Mary...
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 .
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 .
November 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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 .
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 .
New (Re)Translation work: Aldhelm's Ænigma 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...
November 26, 2024 at 7:26 AM
New (Re)Translation work: Aldhelm's Ænigma 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...
Come read "Translations Beyond the Horizon" on SubStack
November 25, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Come read "Translations Beyond the Horizon" on SubStack