Beowulf: A Prose Translation with an Introduction

by David Wright

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The greatest surviving Old English poem rendered into modern prose

Beowulf
stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1000 CE, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a...Read more
  • ISBN10 0606023003
  • ISBN13 9780606023009
  • Publish Date 1 January 1957
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 September 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Turtleback Books
  • Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
  • Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
  • Pages 121
  • Language English
9780140440706
9780140440706
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