Category: Language Arts: Mythology/Fables

Copyright/published Year: 2017 by Yale University Pres

ISBN: 0300236662

Binding: Trade pap

Description:
Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats ì three evil creatures-a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, ì Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon-and then dies, mortally ì wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a ì superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to fight evil," ì then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably ì our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its ì reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge ì of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of ì a master storyteller.

Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering ì re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both ì hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its ì wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" ì but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our ì feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a ì thousand years. This new translation-spare, sinuous, vigorous in ì its narration, and translucent in its poetry-makes a masterpiece ì accessible to everyone.

This is a used book and is in ' like new' condition.

Additional condition description

No remainder markings. Very light shelf-wear.

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