[Gutenberg 31172] • Old English Poems / Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose
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- Authors
- Unknown
- Publisher
- Bantam Classics
- Tags
- english poetry -- old english , ca. 450-1100 -- modernized versions , classics , poetry
- ISBN
- 9780553213478
- Date
- 1988-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.16 MB
- Lang
- en
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 in about 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.