Beowulf:

Name: Beowulf:
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ISBN: 9781554810642

ISBN-10: 1554810647

ISBN-13: 9781554810642

Edition: 2012

Authors: Anonymous, R. M. Liuzza, R. M. Liuzza

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R.M. Liuzza's translation of Beowulf, first published by Broadview in 1999, has been widely praised for its accuracy, readability, and poetic beauty. The translation is accompanied here by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names, as well as related legends, stories, and religious writings from both Christian and Anglo-Saxon traditions. These help readers to see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Broadview Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction


A Note on the Text


Beowulf



Characters mentioned in Beowulf



Analogues to Themes and Events in Beowulf


From Grettissaga


From Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum


From Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla


From The Life of Saint Gildas


From the Blicking Homily



Christians and Pagans


Gregory the Great, letter to Abbot Mellitus


From Pope Gregory the Great, Epistle Xl


From Bede the Venerable, Ecclesiastical History of the English People


Boniface, Letter 46


Boniface, Letter 73


Wulfstan, On False Gods


Laws against Paganism



Contexts for reading Beowulf


Wulfstan, Sermo Lupi ad anglos


From ï¿½lfric, Life of St Edmund


Anonymous, Vainglory



Translations of Beowulf