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Beowulf: Verse Translation (Penguin Classics) Book

Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world."Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful [and] ...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication. May it go on ... to another half-million copies." - Tom Shippey, Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of EnglishRead More

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  • BookDepository

    Beowulf : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140449310 : 0140449310 : 01 May 2003 : Tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland.

  • Penguin

    'With bare hands shall I grapple with the fiend, fight to the death here, hater and hated! He who is chosen shall deliver himself to the Lord's judgement' Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope.

  • ASDA

    Tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles first with the monster Grendel who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar then with Grendel's avenging mother and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland.

  • Blackwell

    Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies. Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of...

  • Pickabook

    Michael Alexander (Trans), Michael Alexander

  • 0140449310
  • 9780140449310
  • PENGUIN GROUP (UK)
  • 27 February 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
  • Rev Ed
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