Beowolf, A Dual-Language Edition, Translated And With An Introduction And Commentary By Howard D Chickering, Jr. ISBN 10: 1400096227 ISBN 13: 9781400096220 (2006 Copyright)

Howell D Chickering, Jr. Translator, Introduction, Commentary

ISBN 10: 1400096227 / ISBN 13: 9781400096220

Published by Anchor Books, Division Of Random House, Inc, 2006

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New 2006 Copyright In Soft Cover Format, Beowolf, A Dual-Language Edition, The First Major Poem In English Literature, Translated And With An Introduction And Commentary By Howard D Chickering, Jr., Preface, Introduction, Guide To Reading Aloud, Royal Genealogies, Backgrounds, Commentary, Afterword, Bibliography, Abbreviations, Glosses To Select Passages, 451 Pages, Pictorial Green Cover; Dimensions 5.00"W X 8.00"H; CD, Access Code, Software Not Issued; ISBN 10: 1400096227 ISBN 13: 9781400096220 (2006 Copyright).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beowolf, A Dual-Language Edition, Translated And With An Introduction And Commentary By Howard D Chickering, Jr. ISBN 10: 1400096227 ISBN 13: 9781400096220 (2006 Copyright)
• Publisher: Anchor Books, Division Of Random House, Inc
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400096227
• ISBN 13: 9781400096220
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Ted Spiegel, Cover Photographer; Eva Brandstotter, Cover Designer
• Edition: Dual-Language Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued

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Synopsis

The first major poem in English literature • Translated by Howell D. Chickering with the Old English on facing pages

Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.

Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering’s fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the reader to encounter Beowulf as poetry. This edition incorporates recent scholarship and provides historical and literary context for the modern reader. It includes the following:

• an introduction
• a guide to reading aloud
• a chart of royal genealogies
• notes on the background of the poem
• critical commentary
• glosses on the eight most famous passages, for the student who wishes to translate from the original
• an extensive bibliography

About the Author

HOWELL D. CHICKERING is the G. Armour Craig Professor of Language and Literature, Emeritus at Amherst College. His critical essays, chiefly on medieval English poetry, have appeared in such journals as The Chaucer Review, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Kenyon Review, Philological Quarterly, PMLA, Speculum, and Viator.