Beowulf

Michael Alexander, Michael Alexander, Michael Alexander , Unknown

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Penguin
05 May 2003

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Penguin Black Classics

"A spectacular verse translation of one the most foundational texts in world literature

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. ""Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful

and

...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication.

May it go on ... to another half-million copies."" - Tom Shippey, Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of English"

By: Unknown
Notes by: Michael Alexander
Introduction by: Michael Alexander
Translated by: Michael Alexander
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 157g
ISBN: 9780140449310
ISBN 10: 0140449310
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 May 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF. Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF.