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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Grinnell Beowulf is a translation and teaching edition of the Old English poem. Six students at Grinnell College--Eva Dawson, Emily Johnson, Jeanette Miller, Logan Shearer, Aniela Wendt, and Kate Whitman, all '14--worked with Tim Arner, Associate Professor of English, to translate Beowulf into readable and poetic modern English. What started as a Mentored Advanced Project became an extended collaboration that resulted in the production of an edition designed for both first-time readers and advanced students. The Grinnell Beowulf includes over 165 annotations that accompany the text, as well as introductions to the poem and the translation process. Beowulf is the most celebrated poem of the Anglo-Saxon era. It tells the story of a mighty warrior who defends his friends and homeland from lethal threats both human and monstrous. Beowulf's battles with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and an angry dragon are interwoven with scenes of feasts and feuds that provide a view of Scandinavian cultural practices and historical traditions. Though the poem had been absent from the English literary tradition for centuries, Beowulf has become a canonical text in high school and college English courses, thanks in part to J.R.R. Tolkien's study of the poem and his use of it as a source for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In Ashley Crownover's debut, the classic tale of Beowulf is retold from the perspective of Wealtheow, Queen of the Danes. After a century of silence, Wealtheow provides a woman's perspective on the issues facing her people, raising intriguing literary questions in a readable, modern writing style.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. A widely celebrated translator?s vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpieceBeowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures?a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel?s monstrous mother, and a dragon?and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is ?someone who uses his special powers to fight evil,? then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller.   Stephen Mitchell?s marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep ?work of literature? but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation?spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry?makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.…

Condition: Good. He comes out of the darkness, moving in on hisvictims in deadly silence. When he leaves, a trailof blood is all that remains. He is a monster,Grendel, and all who know of him live in fear. Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, knows somethingmust be done to stop Grendel. But who will guardthe great hall he has built, where so many men havelost their lives to the monster while keepingwatch? Only one man dares to stand up toGrendel's fury --Beowulf.…

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