Beowulf / translated by Stephen Mitchell.

"Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his sp...

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Other Authors: Mitchell, Stephen, 1943- (Translator)
Other title:Beowulf. English & English (Old English)
Brian E. Lebowitz Collection of 20th Century Jewish American Literature.
Format: Book
Language:English
Old English
Donor:Lebowitz copy 2 gift of Brian E. Lebowitz.
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • About this translation
  • About the text
  • A note on pronunciation
  • Map: the geography of Beowulf
  • Beowulf
  • Appendix: Genealogical tables
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments.