This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem.
This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem.
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic
192
Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic
192
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195024357 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Publication date: | 01/28/1940 |
| Series: | Galaxy Book |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 192 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 5.38(h) x 0.40(d) |
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