Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic, Paperback

Autor

Charles W. Kennedy

Editura

Oxford University Press, Usa

An publicare

Nr. Pagini

ISBN

9780195024357

Categorii

Straina Biography Literature & Literary Studies Literature: History & Criticism

Descriere

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.