Beowulf
A Dual-Language Edition
$38.28
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2006
Summary
The first major poem in English literature. Translated by Howell D. Chickering with the Old English on facing pages.
Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.
Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering’s fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400096220 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400096227 |
| Author: | Howell D. Chickering |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 329g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 130mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“It is everywhere vigorous…. Chickering enjoys the poem immensely, and this attractive attitude shines everywhere…. This book is valuable for its extended literary appreciations and its facing text.” —Library Journal
“A fine book…. The essays on poetics, social history, and structure and the notes to specific passages survey the important scholarship.” —Choice
Howell D. Chickering
Howell D. Chickering is the G. Armour Craig Professor of Language and Literature, Emeritus at Amherst College. His critical essays, chiefly on medieval English poetry, have appeared in such journals as The Chaucer Review, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Kenyon Review, Philological Quarterly, PMLA, Speculum, and Viator.
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