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Beowulf - Imperium Press (Western Canon) - by Anonymous & Aidan Maclear (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Beowulf is at the heart of what it means to be English.
  • Author(s): Anonymous & Aidan Maclear
  • 456 Pages
  • Poetry, Epic

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About the Book



Beowulf tells of a Swedish hero who saves the Danes from the monster Grendel, becomes king, and dies tragically. Facing Old English text & other Old English poems make this the definitive collection of West-Germanic heroic poetry.



Book Synopsis



Beowulf is at the heart of what it means to be English. The poem tells of a Scandinavian hero who saves his Danish kinsmen from the monster Grendel, becomes king, and meets a tragic end. Francis Gummere's alliterative verse speaks the authentic voice of our Germanic past, long reckoned among the greatest translations of the Saxon poem. With facing Old English text and other Old English and Old High German poems included, this is the definitive collection of West-Germanic heroic poetry.

In his foreword, Aidan Maclear draws our attention to aspects of the poem so influential that they now pass unnoticed. The historical digressions, the focus on place, the battle between good and evil-all these are held up and shown to us as if for the first time. Ultimately, as he suggests, the poem finds its meaning in the transcendent, and so it can be seen as much through a Christian lens as a pagan one.



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"it remains the most successful attempt to render in modern English something similar to the alliterative pattern of the original" - LA Times


Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.25 Inches (W) x 1.02 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.14 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 456
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Epic
Publisher: Imperium Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Anonymous & Aidan Maclear
Language: English
Street Date: May 21, 2021
TCIN: 1001811399
UPC: 9781922602039
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-8490
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 1.14 pounds
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