We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
Beowulf The Old English Epic Poem The Complete Classic Full English Translation The most important work of Anglo-Saxon literature.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.
Beowulf is believed to be the oldest surviving long poem written in Old English.
An imaginative, sometimes humorous reworking of the ancient epic.
Provides the Old English text of the epic poem faced with a page in which almost every word is glossed.
A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife "Brash and belligerent, lunatic and invigorating, with passages of sublime poetry punctuated by obscenities and social-media shorthand." ...
This impressive volume selects over one hundred works of critical commentary from the vast body of scholarship on Beowulf - including English translations from German, Danish, Latin and Spanish - from the poem's first mention in 1705 to the ...
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Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single ...
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... Beowulf and Celtic Tradition . Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press . 1979 . Raw , Barbara C. The Art and Background of Old English Poetry . London : Edward Arnold , 1978 . Robinson , Fred C. Beowulf and the Appositive Style ...
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. Originally written in Old English, this edition is based on the 1892 verse translation by J. Lesslie Hall.
Beowulf, An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by John Lesslie Hall, first published in 1892, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This...
After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland and later becomes king of the Geats.
We know this because although this is a work of fiction, many historical facts are included, giving us a reference point for the time when the story takes place.Beowulf is a heroic character who saves the men of Danish King Hrothgar who ...
The epic poem Beowulf recounts the heroic deeds of Beowulf of the Geats, who at the request of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, defeats the monster Grendel and frees Hrothgar's kingdom.
This Norton Critical Edition presents the highly acclaimed Donaldson prose translation of Beowulf in its entirety.