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Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781400096220 Author(s): Howell D. Chickering Format: Paperback Year: 2006 Publisher: Anchor Books Dimensions: 130 x 203 x 26 (w x l x h) Pages: 446

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Description: The first major poem in English literature, "Beowulf" tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest. Leading "Beowulf "scholar Howell D. Chickering, Jr.'s, fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the reader to encounter "Beowulf" as poetry. This edition incorporates recent scholarship and provides historical and literary context for the modern reader. It includes the following: an introduction a guide to reading aloud a chart of royal genealogies notes on the background of the poem critical commentary glosses on the eight most famous passages, for the student who wishes to translate from the original an extensive bibliography

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