epic poetry, english (old)

Presents a verse translation of the classic Old English poem "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

Presents a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Beowulf first rescues the royal house of Denmark from two marauding monsters; then , after having ruled his people peacefully for fifty years, he is called upon to combat a dragon that is terrorizing the countryside.

A prose translation of the Christian-pagan, classic Old English poem "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them; also includes brief genealogies of the work's Danish, Geat, and Swedish royal families.

Twentieth-century Irish poet Seamus Heaney's verse translation of the Christian-pagan, classic Old English poem "Beowulf, " in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters; provides the Old English version on facing pages and includes brief genealogies of the work's Danish, Geat, and Swedish royal families, and an introduction by Heaney.

Discusses the authorship, character analysis, historical background, plot, and themes of Beowulf.