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Beowulf / translated with an introduction and afterword by Barry Tharaud ; reproduction of illustrations by Rockwell Kent.
LIBRA - Special PR1583 .T45 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Beowulf. English
- Language:
- English
- English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, English (Old).
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 98 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Niwot : University Press of Colorado, [1996]
- Contents:
- Grendel attacks Heorot
- Beowulf comes to Heorot
- Hrothgar welcomes Beowulf
- Unferth taunts Beowulf
- The death struggle
- "The saga of Sigemund" : Beowulf's pattern of triumph
- "The saga of Finn" : problems of heroic kinship
- A conflict of kinship resolved
- Grendel's mother attacks
- Tracking the monster
- Death struggle under the Mere
- The return to Heorot
- Final celebration and farewell
- Beowulf returns home
- The saga of Beowulf
- The saga concluded : Beowulf's reward
- The dragon's hoard
- The fire dragon awakes
- King Beowulf
- Beowulf's last boast
- The final battle
- The death of beowulf
- Aftermath : tidings and prospects
- Funeral and farewell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 087081429X
- OCLC:
- 34413510
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