Beowulf
A Verse Translation
$18.77
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2003
Summary
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 liv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449310 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449310 |
| Author: | Michael Alexander |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Michael Alexander is much the best translator from Old English. His Penguin Beowulf is much to be recommended
Michael Alexander is much the best translator from Old English. His Penguin Beowulf is much to be recommended – A.N. Wilson
About The Author
Michael Alexander
Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated ‘The Earliest English Poems’, ‘The Canterbury Tales- The First Fragment’, as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF.
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