Beowulf: A Verse Translation With Young Readers In Mind (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780985175429)

(Softcover) This adaptation of the Beowulf epic, written for a younger audience, preserves the Anglo-Saxon verse feel of the original text. Illustrations by Sean Yates enhance the reader's experience. "Joshua Gray's poetic re-telling of the Beowulf epic as a tale for children gets to the essence of the action with a use of modern English which is accessible and clear for young minds, listening while busily building their own image-worlds... I have the sense that this new text may well encourage very young listeners, years later (after their bedtime stories are a distant memory), to recall this tale with pleasure and to discover a vibrant curiosity to know more about the doings of Hrothgar, Grendel and Beowulf." -- Benjamin Bagby, Performer of Beowulf "Gray captures both the fearsomeness of the poem's monsters and the artful alliteration of its Anglo-Saxon origins...Hook the kids with this version, and hope that they will return to the longer poem in later years." -- Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University

Author: Joshua Gray, Sean Yates
ISBN-10: 0985175427
ISBN-13: 9780985175429
Publisher: Six Shilling Press
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2012
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d