Title Beowulf / translated by Stephen Mitchell

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 225 pages) : map, geneological tables Contents Introduction -- About This Translation -- About the Text -- A Note on Pronunciation -- Map: The Geography of Beowulf -- Beowulf -- Appendix: Genealogical Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments Summary "Beowulf 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." -- Publisher's description Bibliography Inlcudes bibliographical references and index Notes Parallel text on facing pages in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and English Print version record Subject Beowulf, King of the Geats -- Poetry Grendel (Monster) -- Poetry SUBJECT Beowulf, King of the Geats fast Grendel (Monster) fast Beowulf. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79018834 Beowulf fast Subject Dragons -- Poetry Heroes -- Poetry Epic poetry, English (Old) FICTION -- Literary. Dragons Epic poetry, English (Old) Heroes SUBJECT Scandinavia -- Poetry Subject Scandinavia Genre/Form Epic poetry Poetry Epic poetry. Poésie épique. Form Electronic book Author Mitchell, Stephen, 1948- translator ISBN 0300231393 9780300231397

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