Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)

Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, 'Beowulf' is the mournful narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel, and later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. Text is in Old English and the opposite page is in New English

Seamus Heaney, 2001

Paperback, Ex-Library Good

217 pages

272g

21 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm