| Edition |
2008
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| Publication |
New York, Bantam Dell, 1967.
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| Description |
xxxx, 152pGreen Spine
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| Series |
Bantam Classics
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| Summary/Abstract |
Unique and beautiful, Beowulf brings to life a society of violence and honor, fierce warriors and bloody battles, deadly monsters and famous swords. Written by an unknown poet around the eighth century, this masterpiece of Anglo-Saxton literature transforms legends, myth, history, and ancient songs into the richly colored tale of the hero Beowulf, the loathsome man-eater Grendel, his vengeful water-hag mother, and a treasure-hoarding dragon. The earliest surviving epic poem in any modern European language. Beowulf is a stirring portrait of a heroic world–somber, vast, and magnificent.
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| Contents |
Beowulf
The battle of Brunanburh
The battle of Maldon
The wanderer
Deor
The dream of the rood
Judith
The seafarer, translated by E. Pound
Appendix A: Beowulf, lines 26-52, in Old English
Bibliography
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| Standard Number |
9780553213478 Pb.
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