Beowulf: A Prose Translation Penguin Classics

Anonymous (Author)/ Wright, David (Translated by)

ISBN 10: 0140440704 / ISBN 13: 9780140440706

Editore: Penguin Classics, 1957

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128 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo x-0140440704

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Titolo: Beowulf: A Prose Translation Penguin Classics

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics

Data di pubblicazione: 1957

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world.

L'autore:

Michael Alexander (translator) is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. He has translated The Earliest English Poems, The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment, and Beowulf for Penguin.