Title Statements
- Full title :Beowulf / translated with an introduction and afterword by Barry Tharaud ; reproduction of illustrations by Rockwell Kent.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1996.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University Press of Colorado
- Place of Publication:Niwot, Colo
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1996.
Notes
Prose translation of the Old English epic poem.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxv, 98 pages) : : illustrations, map
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0585131104, 9780585131108
- oclc:ocm44959762
- LC Classification:PR1583
- Dewey Decimal:829/.3
Table of Contents
Grendel attacks Heorot -- Beowulf comes to Heorot -- Hrothgar welcomes Beowulf -- Unferth taunts Beowulf -- The death struggle -- "The saga of Sigemund" : Beowulf's pattern of triumph -- "The saga of Finn" : problems of heroic kinship -- A conflict of kinship resolved -- Grendel's mother attacks -- Tracking the monster -- Death struggle under the Mere -- The return to Heorot -- Final celebration and farewell -- Beowulf returns home -- The saga of Beowulf -- The saga concluded : Beowulf's reward -- The dragon's hoard -- The fire dragon awakes -- King Beowulf -- Beowulf's last boast -- The final battle -- The death of Beowulf -- Aftermath : tidings and prospects -- Funeral and farewell.
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