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- catalog abstract "The greatest and most attractive of the Old English poems is Beowulf. It tells how Beowulf clears King Hrothgar's land of the fearsome monster Grendel, then seeks out and overcomes a second monster in a classic combat at the bottom of a lake - the 'haunted mere'. Finally, in old age, Beowulf again takes up arms, to protect his own people from the attacks of a recklessly roused dragon. Huge, cunning, fierce and fiery, the beast seems all but invincible, and the poem ends with both Beowulf and the dragon dead after terrible combat. The verse in which this story unfolds is, by common consent, the finest writing surviving in Old English, a text that all students of the language and many general readers will want to tackle in the original form. To aid understanding of the Old English, a literal word-by-word translation by John Porter is printed opposite an edited text and provides a practical key to this Anglo-Saxon masterpiece.".
- catalog alternative "Beowulf. English & English (Old English)".
- catalog contributor b8127831.
- catalog created "1991 (1993 printing)".
- catalog date "(1993 printing)".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 191).".
- catalog description "The greatest and most attractive of the Old English poems is Beowulf. It tells how Beowulf clears King Hrothgar's land of the fearsome monster Grendel, then seeks out and overcomes a second monster in a classic combat at the bottom of a lake - the 'haunted mere'. Finally, in old age, Beowulf again takes up arms, to protect his own people from the attacks of a recklessly roused dragon. Huge, cunning, fierce and fiery, the beast seems all but invincible, and the poem ends with both Beowulf and the dragon dead after terrible combat. The verse in which this story unfolds is, by common consent, the finest writing surviving in Old English, a text that all students of the language and many general readers will want to tackle in the original form. To aid understanding of the Old English, a literal word-by-word translation by John Porter is printed opposite an edited text and provides a practical key to this Anglo-Saxon masterpiece.".
- catalog extent "191 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Beowulf.".
- catalog identifier "0951620924 (pbk.) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Beowulf.".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engang ang".
- catalog publisher "Pinner, Middlesex, England : Anglo-Saxon Books,".
- catalog relation "Beowulf.".
- catalog subject "Epic poetry, English (Old)".
- catalog subject "PR1580 .P6 1991".
- catalog title "Beowulf : text and translation / translated by John Porter.".
- catalog type "text".