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Loading... Beowulf and The Fight At Finnsburg (edition 1950)by Klaeber (Editor)
Work InformationBeowulf / The Fight at Finnsburg by Beowulf Poet
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Based on the third edition with first and second supplements. ( ) It's difficult to review a book when it has a varied purpose. ther is no English translation of the old English text herein, but there are two hundred or so pages with translations of the terms and histories of the names, and a pronouncing gazateer. For its intent as a textbook for advanced Old English studies, it rates a 5 star. As a primer for the Beowulf legend, it rates a two star. Actually, an uneducated student on the etolmology of our language shouldn't even attempt this. no reviews | add a review
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Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world's greatest epic poems. Set in the half-legendary, half historical Scandinavian past, it tells the story of the hero Beowulf, who comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar bykilling first the terrifying, demonic monster Grendel, and then Grendel's infuriated and vengeful mother. A lifetime later, Beowulf's own kingdom, Geatland, is threatened by a fiery dragon; Beowulf heroically takes on this challenge, but himself dies killing the dragon.The poem celebrates the virtues of the heroic life, but Hrothgar and Beowulf are beacons of wisdom and courage in a dark world of feuds, violence and uncertainty, and Beowulf's selfless heroism is set against a background of ruthless power struggles, fratricide and tyranny. This acclaimedtranslation is complemented by a critical introduction and substantial editorial apparatus.`The poem has at last found its translator . . .supremely well done'Charles Causley No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)829.3Literature English & Old English literatures Old English literature, ca. 450-1100 BeowulfLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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