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Beowulf

Mitchell, Stephen, 1943- translator

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\"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 special powers to fight evil,\" then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep \"work of literature\" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation--spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry--makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.\" -- Publisher's description

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: Beowulf, King of the Geats Poetry. / Grendel (Monster) Poetry. / Beowulf, King of the Geats. / Grendel (Monster) / Beowulf. / Dragons Poetry. / Heroes Poetry. / Epic poetry, English (Old) / Dragons. / Heroes. / Scandinavia Poetry. / Scandinavia.
• ISBN: 0300228880, 9780300228885

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