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Grendel

by Anton Pannekoek, John Gardner, Josef Strasser

The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.

Beowulf (A Norton Critical Edition)

by Seamus Heaney, Robert Nye, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Burton Raffel, Michael Alexander

Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaney's translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" ( New York Times Book Review ). The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" ( The Observer ) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed.... (more)

Eaters of the Dead

by Michael Crichton

The year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Bagdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs -- the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the... (more)

The Sea of Trolls

by Nancy Farmer

Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. "It seems that things are stirring across the water," the Bard had warned. "Ships are being built, swords are being forged." "Is that bad?" Jack had asked, for his Saxon village had never before seen berserkers. "Of course. People don't make ships and swords unless they intend to use them." The year is A.D. 793. In the next months, Jack... (more)

A Beowulf Handbook (French Modernist Library)

A Beowulf Handbook (French Modernist Library)

The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition. Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done.... (more)

The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays

The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays

by J. R. R. Tolkien

The seven 'essays' by J.R.R. Tolkien assembled in this new paperback edition were with one exception delivered as general lectures on particular occasions; and while they mostly arose out of Tolkien's work in medieval literature, they are accessible to all. Two of them are concerned with Beowulf , including the well-known lecture whose title is taken for this book, and one with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ,... (more)

The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Classics)

The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Classics)

by Jesse L. Byock

Written by an anonymous author in fourteenth-century Iceland. The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki is built on almost a thousand years of oral traditions, many of which are related to underlying stories found in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf. Reaching into the mists of Scandinavia's most ancient history, Hrolf's Saga tells of events set in the Migration Period when warrior chieftains and their proud women ruled, loved and... (more)

Beowulf : A Dual-Language Edition

by Howell D. Chickering

This presentation of the translation and the Old English Text on facing pages allows the reader to approach the first major poem in English literature in a fresh and exciting new way. Includes a Guide to Reading Aloud, Introduction, Commentary and notes for translation from the original.

Beowulf

by Gareth Hinds

This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages — and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds’s masterful illustrations. Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues... (more)

An Anthology of Beowulf Criticism.

Myths and Legends of the British Isles

by Richard Barber

THE BRITISH ISLES have a long tradition of tales of gods, heroes and marvels, hinting at a mythology once as relevant to the races which settled the islands as the Greek and Roman gods were to the classical world.The tales drawn together in this book, from a wide range of medieval sources, span the centuries from the dawn of Christianity to the age of the Plantagenets. The Norse gods which peopled the Anglo-Saxon... (more)

BEOWULF AND THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURG. Edited, with Introduction, Bibliography, Notes, Glossary and Appendices by Fr. Klaeber. Third Edition with First and Second Supplements

Beowulf with the Finnesburg fragmentCharles Leslie; Bolton, W.F. Beowulf; Wrenn

Beowulf with the Finnesburg fragment

by Charles Leslie; Bolton, W.F. Beowulf; Wrenn

Beowulf

by James Rumford

When sleep was at its deepest, night at its blackest, up from the mist-filled marsh came Grendel stalking . . . Thus begins the battle between good and evil, for lying in wait and anxious to challenge the ogre Grendel is a young man, strong-willed and fire-hearted. This man is Beowulf, whose heroic dragon-slaying deeds were sung in the courts of Anglo-Saxon England more than a thousand years ago. Award-winning... (more)

The hero in the earthly city: A reading of Beowulf (Medieval & Renaissance texts & studies)Bernard Felix Huppe

The hero in the earthly city: A reading of Beowulf (Medieval & Renaissance texts & studies)

by Bernard Felix Huppe?

Beowulf and the seventh century: Language and contentRitchie Girvan

Beowulf and the seventh century: Language and content

by Ritchie Girvan

Language, Sign and Gender in BeowulfAssociate Professor Gillian R. Overing B.A. M.A. Ph.D.

Language, Sign and Gender in Beowulf

by Gillian R. Overing

Not a book about what Beowulf means but how it means, and how the reader participates in the process of meaning construction. Overing’s primary aim is to address the poem on its own terms, to trace and develop an interpretive strategy consonant with the extent of its difference. Beowulf’s arcane structure describes cyclical repetitions and patterned intersections of themes which baffle a linear perspective,... (more)

The mode and meaning of "Beowulf,"Margaret E. Goldsmith

by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur

Alcuin and Beowulf: An Eighth-Century ViewW. F. Bolton

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Grendel

by Anton Pannekoek, John Gardner, Josef Strasser

Beowulf (A Norton Critical Edition)

by Seamus Heaney, Robert Nye, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Burton Raffel, Michael Alexander

Eaters of the Dead

by Michael Crichton

The Sea of Trolls

by Nancy Farmer

A Beowulf Handbook (French Modernist Library)

The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays

by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Classics)

by Jesse L. Byock

Beowulf : A Dual-Language Edition

by Howell D. Chickering

Beowulf

by Gareth Hinds

An Anthology of Beowulf Criticism.

Myths and Legends of the British Isles

by Richard Barber

BEOWULF AND THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURG. Edited, with Introduction, Bibliography, Notes, Glossary and Appendices by Fr. Klaeber. Third Edition with First and Second Supplements

Beowulf with the Finnesburg fragment

by Charles Leslie; Bolton, W.F. Beowulf; Wrenn

Beowulf

by James Rumford

The hero in the earthly city: A reading of Beowulf (Medieval & Renaissance texts & studies)

by Bernard Felix Huppe?

Beowulf and the seventh century: Language and content

by Ritchie Girvan

Language, Sign and Gender in Beowulf

by Gillian R. Overing

The mode and meaning of "Beowulf,"

by Margaret E. Goldsmith

The art of Beowulf

by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur

Alcuin and Beowulf: An Eighth-Century View

by W. F. Bolton