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Beowulf / translated by Stephen Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
- Subjects (All):
- Grendel (Monster)--Poetry.
- Grendel.
- Beowulf, King of the Geats--Poetry.
- Beowulf.
- Heroes--Poetry.
- Heroes.
- Dragons--Poetry.
- Dragons.
- Epic poetry, English (Old).
- Scandinavia--Poetry.
- Scandinavia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Parallel text on facing pages in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and English.
- Summary:
- A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpieceBeowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures-a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon-and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to fight evil," then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation-spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry-makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- About This Translation
- About the Text
- A Note on Pronunciation
- Map: The Geography of Beowulf
- BEOWULF
- Appendix: Genealogical Tables
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224).
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Beowulf. English (Old English) (Mitchell)
- ISBN:
- 0-300-23139-3
- OCLC:
- 1248759313
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