Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic

by Oxford University Press

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195024357
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/19/1978
Series:	Galaxy Books
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)