Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic

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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 10/19/1978
Series: Galaxy Books
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780195024357
Revised Edition