Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic (Galaxy Books)
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ISBN: 0195024354 / Publisher: Oxford University Press, October 1978
A lengthy introduction discussing historical background accompanies the poem about the monster slayer Beowulf
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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.
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