{"product_id":"beowulf-mitchell-9780300236668","title":"Beowulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eA widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeowulf \u003c\/i\u003etells 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 \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300236662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300236668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990126788863,"sku":"9780300236668","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75363edc-b844-42a3-9dc9-e1fd3055b314.jpg?v=1683303149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beowulf-mitchell-9780300236668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}