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Beowoulf : A Glossed Text / Michael Alexander

By:

Alexander, Michael [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Pengui Books, c1995 London :Description: xxvi 236 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9780140435777

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LOC classification:

FIC .B46 2000

Summary: "Beowulf , Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century and was probably composed c. 700–750. It tells the story of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf, who gains fame as a young man by vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel’s mother; later, as an aging king, he kills a dragon but dies soon after, honoured and lamented. Beowulf belongs metrically, stylistically, and thematically to the Germanic heroic tradition but shows a distinct Christian influence."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Fiction	Fiction	FIC .B46 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001431

"Beowulf , Heroic poem considered the highest achievement of Old English literature and the earliest European vernacular epic. It deals with events of the early 6th century and was probably composed c. 700–750. It tells the story of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf, who gains fame as a young man by vanquishing the monster Grendel and Grendel’s mother; later, as an aging king, he kills a dragon but dies soon after, honoured and lamented. Beowulf belongs metrically, stylistically, and thematically to the Germanic heroic tradition but shows a distinct Christian influence."

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