Beowulf
Author | : John Lesslie Hall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Dragons |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Lesslie Hall |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Dragons |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 8027231507 |
Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex. Its composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through a building housing a collection of Medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. The poem's existence for its first seven centuries or so made no impression on writers and scholars, and besides a brief mention in a 1705 catalogue by Humfrey Wanley it was not studied until the end of the eighteenth century, and not published in its entirety until the 1815 edition prepared by the Icelandic-Danish scholar Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the help of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall (in Heorot) has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland in Sweden and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants bury him in a tumulus, a burial mound, in Geatland. The numerous different translations and interpretations of Beowulf turn this monumental work into a challenge for the reader.
Author | : Larvae Larvae Editions |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2018-04-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781987543889 |
This Special Edition includes the work of R. W. CHAMBERS "THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN, DATE, AND STRUCTURE OF THE POEM".
Author | : Bruce Gilchrist |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2021-10-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1487515855 |
The single largest category of Beowulf representation and adaptation, outside of direct translation of the poem, is children’s literature. Over the past century and a half, more than 150 new versions of Beowulf directed to child and teen audiences have appeared, in English and in many other languages. In this collection of original essays, Bruce Gilchrist and Britt Mize examine the history and processes of remaking Beowulf for young readers. Inventive in their manipulations of story, tone, and genre, these adaptations require their authors to make countless decisions about what to include, exclude, emphasize, de-emphasize, and adjust. This volume considers the many forms of children’s literature, focusing primarily on picture books, illustrated storybooks, and youth novels, but taking account also of curricular aids, illustrated full translations of the poem, and songs. Contributors address issues of gender, historical context, war and violence, techniques of narration, education, and nationalism, investigating both the historical and theoretical dimensions of bringing Beowulf to child audiences.
Author | : Charles William Kennedy |
Publisher | : New York ; London [etc.] : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780195024357 |
A lengthy introduction discussing historical background accompanies the poem about the monster slayer Beowulf.
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : Royal Classics |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-04-30 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9781778784682 |
Beowulf follows a valiant hero who comes to the rescue of King Hrothgar of the Danes. Plagued by the monstrous Grendel, Beowulf defeats Grendel and his vengeful mother with legendary strength and a mighty sword.
Author | : John D Niles |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780393330106 |
Enhancing Heaneys masterful bestselling translation of this classic Old English poem, Niless illustrations help modern-day readers visualize the story by bringing it to life.
Author | : Maria Dahvana Headley |
Publisher | : MCD |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2018-07-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0374715548 |
New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic Beowulf, set in American suburbia as two mothers—a housewife and a battle-hardened veteran—fight to protect those they love in The Mere Wife. From the perspective of those who live in Herot Hall, the suburb is a paradise. Picket fences divide buildings—high and gabled—and the community is entirely self-sustaining. Each house has its own fireplace, each fireplace is fitted with a container of lighter fluid, and outside—in lawns and on playgrounds—wildflowers seed themselves in neat rows. But for those who live surreptitiously along Herot Hall’s periphery, the subdivision is a fortress guarded by an intense network of gates, surveillance cameras, and motion-activated lights. For Willa, the wife of Roger Herot (heir of Herot Hall), life moves at a charmingly slow pace. She flits between mommy groups, playdates, cocktail hour, and dinner parties, always with her son, Dylan, in tow. Meanwhile, in a cave in the mountains just beyond the limits of Herot Hall lives Gren, short for Grendel, as well as his mother, Dana, a former soldier who gave birth as if by chance. Dana didn’t want Gren, didn’t plan Gren, and doesn’t know how she got Gren, but when she returned from war, there he was. When Gren, unaware of the borders erected to keep him at bay, ventures into Herot Hall and runs off with Dylan, Dana’s and Willa’s worlds collide.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2012-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486111105 |
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.
Author | : Alexis Fajardo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-01-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780990950547 |
This is a special Collector's Edition Preview of book four, "Kid Beowulf: The Tarpeian Rock." Twin brothers Beowulf and Grendel are lost in Italia, trapped as slaves who must fight for their freedom in the gladiatorial games. There in the arena the brothers will discover a part of themselves neither knew existed: the fighter and the monster will emerge...which one survives is the question. Meanwhile in the Tiber River Valley among the Seven Hills of Italia, two tribes are at odds: the high-born Sabines who have made the land their own and the poor Latin farmers who are forced to till it. Compelled toward change, a young Latin girl named Tarpeia incites a revolution no one is ready for, particularly the pair chosen to lead it: twin brothers, Romulus and Remus!