Beowulf /

"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 sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mitchell, Stephen, 1948- (Translator)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press 2017.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1bvnfmt
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • About This Translation
  • About the Text
  • A Note on Pronunciation
  • Map: The Geography of Beowulf
  • Beowulf
  • Appendix: Genealogical Tables
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments.