Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195024357)

This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem.

Author: Charles W. Kennedy
ISBN-10: 0195024354
ISBN-13: 9780195024357
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/19/1978
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d