Editing Alliterative verse (section)

=== Alliterative translations of alliterative verse ===
The late twentieth and early 21st century saw multiple serious efforts by renowned poets to render prominent Old and Middle English poems in modern English alliterative verse. These include [[Alan Sullivan|Allan Sullivan]] and [[Timothy Murphy (poet)|Timothy Murphy's]] translations of ''[[Beowulf]]'',<ref>{{Cite book |title=Beowulf |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co. |year=2000 |isbn=0-393-32097-9 |location=New York |language=Old English |translator-last=Heaney |translator-first=Seamus}}</ref><ref>Sullivan, Allan, and Timothy Murphy. "translators. Beowulf. Edited by Sarah Anderson." (2004).{{page needed|date=December 2023}}</ref> [[Simon Armitage]]'s translations of ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'' and ''Pear''l,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co. |year=2004 |location=New York |language=Middle English |translator-last=Armitage |translator-first=Simon}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Pearl |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2016 |location=London |language=Middle English |translator-last=Armitage |translator-first=Simon}}</ref> and [[Tony Harrison]]'s translation of the [[York Mystery Plays]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Plays I: The Mysteries |publisher=Faber & Faber |location=London |language=Middle English |translator-last=Harrison |translator-first=Tony}}</ref> In combination with the posthumous publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's alliterative poems, this has resulted in modern alliterative renderings of alliterative verse becoming much more accessible to the general public.