TY  - GEN
T1  - Beowulf
A2  - Mitchell, Stephen, 1948-
LA  - English
LA  - English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1005583641
AB  - "Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to fight evil," then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation--spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry--makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone." -- Publisher's description.
OP  - 225
CN  - PR1583
SN  - 0300231393
SN  - 9780300231397
SN  - 0300228880
SN  - 9780300228885
KW  - Beowulf, : King of the Geats : Poetry.
KW  - Grendel : (Monster) : Poetry.
KW  - Beowulf.
KW  - Beowulf, : King of the Geats
KW  - Grendel : (Monster)
KW  - Beowulf
KW  - Dragons : Poetry.
KW  - Heroes : Poetry.
KW  - Epic poetry, English (Old)
KW  - Scandinavia : Poetry.
KW  - Héros : Poésie.
KW  - Dragons : Poésie.
KW  - Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais)
KW  - Scandinavie : Poésie.
KW  - FICTION : Literary.
KW  - Dragons
KW  - Heroes
KW  - Scandinavia
KW  - Epic poetry
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Epic poetry.
KW  - Poésie épique.
ER  -