Beowulf, Signet Classics Edition ISBN 10: 0451530969 ISBN 13: 9780451530967 (2008 Copyright)

Burton Raffel, Translated By; Roberta Frank, New Afterword By

ISBN 10: 0451530969 / ISBN 13: 9780451530967

Published by Signet, New American Library, Division Of Penguin Group, 2008

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New In Soft Cover Format, Beowulf, Signet Classics Edition With Introduction By, And Translated By Burton Raffel, Prologue, Beowulf, Glossary Of Names, Genealogies, New Afterword By Roberta Frank, 176 Pages, Pictorial Red, Black Cover, Dimensions 4.00" W X 7.00" H; CD, Access Code, Software Not Issued; ISBN 10: 0451530969 ISBN 13: 9780451530967 (2008 Copyright).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beowulf, Signet Classics Edition ISBN 10: 0451530969 ISBN 13: 9780451530967 (2008 Copyright)
• Publisher: Signet, New American Library, Division Of Penguin Group
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451530969
• ISBN 13: 9780451530967
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Signet Classics Edition
• Printing: 2008
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued

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Synopsis

Before there was Game of Thrones, there was Beowulf...
 
SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS
 
Beowulf is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable—reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. As a work of art, it is unique. Beowulf rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of Beowulf's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.
 
Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel
and an Afterword by Roberta Frank

About the Author

Translator Burton Raffel has taught English, classics, and comparative literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of Beowulf, The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, From the Vietnamese, Ten Centuries of Poetry, The Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam (with Alla Burago), Poems from the Old English, and The Annotated Milton. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation's English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.
 
Roberta Frank, Marie Borroff Professor of English and Linguistics at Yale University, works in all aspects—literary, historical, and archaeological—of early England and Scandinavia. She has written widely on Beowulf, including “A Scandal in Toronto: The Dating of Beowulf a Quarter-Century On” (2007).