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Beowulf

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Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2003
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044931-0 (ISBN)
9,95 inkl. MwSt
Tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland.
Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world.
"Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful [and] ...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication. May it go on ... to another half-million copies." - Tom Shippey, Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of English

Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF. Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.2.2003
Reihe/Serie Penguin Classics
Penguin Epics ; Vol.14
Einführung Michael Alexander
Mitarbeit Anmerkungen: Michael Alexander
Übersetzer Michael Alexander
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 157 g
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Lyrik / Gedichte
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-14-044931-0 / 0140449310
ISBN-13 978-0-14-044931-0 / 9780140449310
Zustand Neuware
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