Beowulf
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Before there was Game of Thrones, there was Beowulf...
 
SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS
 
Beowulf is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable—reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. As a work of art, it is unique. Beowulf rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of Beowulf's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.
 
Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel
and an Afterword by Roberta Frank

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Street Date:
9/1/1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101212998
Lexile measure:
1090

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Anonymous. (1999). Beowulf. Penguin Publishing Group.

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Anonymous. 1999. Beowulf. Penguin Publishing Group.

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Anonymous, Beowulf. Penguin Publishing Group, 1999.

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Anonymous. Beowulf. Penguin Publishing Group, 1999.

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