Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-414).
Contents
Guide to reading aloud -- Beuwulf -- Textual note -- Text and translation -- Royal genealogies -- Backgrounds -- Commentary -- Afterword to the 2006 edition -- Glosses to select passages.
Summary
Tells the story of life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, in his three great battles with supernatural monsters.
Language
Parallel texts in Old English (Anglo Saxon) and modern English.