| Description |
lxv, 121 pages : frontispiece (facsimile) ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
"A selected bibliography": pages [103]-111. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Manuscript -- Narative -- Scandinavian and Icelandic analougues -- Historical backgrounds -- Sigemund lay -- Finnsburg lay -- Christian influence -- Influence of classical epic -- Spirit of the poem -- Translation: Danish court and the raids of Grendel -- Coming of Beowulf -- Beowulf's welcome at Hrothgar's court -- Unfereth taunts Beowulf -- Beowulf slays Grendel -- Joy of the Danes and the lay of Finnsburg -- Troll-wife avenges Grendel -- Beowulf slays the troll-wilfe -- Beowulf returns to Herorot -- Parting of Beowulf and Hrothgar -- Beowulf returns to Greatland -- Fire-dragon and the treasure -- Beowulf and Wiglaf slay the dragon -- Beowulf's death -- Messnger foretells the doom of the Geats -- Beowulf's funeral -- Bibliography -- Glossary of proper names. |
| Subject |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Charles W. (Charles William), 1882-1969, translator.
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| ISBN |
0195009290 |
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9780195009293 |
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