Beowulf

. Ed(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold

ISBN 10: 0791094324 / ISBN 13: 9780791094327

Published by Chelsea House Publishers, 2008

About this Item

Composed around 1000 CE, this title is among the longest-known poems written in Old English. It tells of the heroic deeds of the great warrior Beowulf, and contains both Christian and pagan symbolism. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Guides. Num Pages: 112 pages, annotated bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABA; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272. . 2008. annotated edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beowulf
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791094324
• ISBN 13: 9780791094327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Composed around 1000 CE, this title is among the longest-known poems written in Old English. It tells of the heroic deeds of the great warrior Beowulf, and contains both Christian and pagan symbolism.

About the Author

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. He is the author of 30 books, including Shelley's Mythmaking, The Visionary Company, Blake's Apocalypse, Yeats, A Map of Misreading, Kabbalah and Criticism, Agon: Toward a Theory of Revisionism, The American Religion, The Western Canon, and Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection. The Anxiety of Influence sets forth Professor Bloom's provocative theory of the literary relationships between the great writers and their predecessors. His most recent books include Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, a 1998 National Book Award finalist; How to Read and Why; Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds; Hamlet: Poem Unlimited; Where Shall Wisdom be Found; and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine. In 1999, Professor Bloom received the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Criticism. He has also received the International Prize of Catalonia, the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico, and the Hans Christian Andersen Bicentennial Prize of Denmark.