Description: Beowulf : A Verse Translation, Paperback by Alexander, Michael (TRN), ISBN 0140449310, ISBN-13 9780140449310, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Alexanders 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 English
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 Grendels 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.
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Book Title: Beowulf : a Verse Translation
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2003
Topic: Medieval, Epic, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.5 in
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 5.4 Oz
Author: Michael Alexander
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
