This presentation of the translation and the Old English text on facing pagesallows the reader to approach the first major poem in English literature in afresh and exciting new way.
It includes the following: an introduction a guide to reading aloud a chart of royal genealogies notes on the background of the poem critical commentary glosses on the eight most famous passages, for the student who wishes to translate from the original an extensive bibliography.
This Edition incorporates recent scholarship and provides historical and literary context for the modern reader.
Chickering, Jr.\'s, fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the reader to encounter Beowulf as poetry.
Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D.
The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters.
High school & older.
This presentation of the translation and the Old English text on facing pagesallows the reader to approach the first major poem in English literature in afresh and exciting new way
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