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Beowulf

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Beowulf

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Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium AD, Beowulf is an Old English epic recounting the adventures of Beowulf, a Geatish hero from present-day Sweden. He is called on by Hrothgar, King of the Danes, to defeat Grendel, the powerful monster that threatens his great hall. As one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, it depicts a feudal world of blood, victory, and death--a world that exalts heroes who travel great distances to prove their strength, at impossible odds, against supernatural demons and beasts. Ringing with the beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years, this venerable tale is now available as a portable, elegantly designed clothbound edition with an elastic closure and a new introduction.

Author Biography

John Earle (1824-1903) was aBritish Anglo-Saxon language scholar and professor at the University of Oxford. He wrote more than a dozen books, including Two Saxon Chronicles Parallel(1865) and Anglo-Saxon Literature(1884).
Release date NZ
October 5th, 2017
Contributors
  • Introduction by Tom Schneider
  • Translated by John Earle
Pages
268
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Publisher
Race Point Publishing
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Race Point Publishing
Dimensions
130x170x10
ISBN-13
9781631064234
Product ID
26591692

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