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Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unique and beautiful, Beowulf brings to life a society of violence and honor, fierce warriors and bloody battles, deadly monsters and famous swords. Written by an unknown poet in about the eighth century, this masterpiece of Anglo-Saxton literature transforms legends, myth, history, and ancient songs into the richly colored tale of the hero Beowulf, the loathsome man-eater Grendel, his vengeful water-hag mother, and a treasure-hoarding dragon. The...
Author
Publisher
MCD x FSG Originals
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the much-buzzed-about novel The Mere Wife"--
Headley provides a radical new verse translation of the epic poem. She brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served, and dragons live among us. The familiar elements of the...
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In...
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Presents the prose translation of the Old English epic that Tolkien created as a young man, along with selections from lectures on the poem he gave later in life and a story and poetry he wrote in the style of folklore on the poem's themes.
12) Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
BEOWULF HC SANTIAGO GARCIA and DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf, which has endured for a thousand years and inspired an epic poem of the same name, became a foundational piece of English literature, and inspired generations of authors, from Tolkien to a good number of Hollywood screenwriters. BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark and Sweden: A monster, Grendel, has arrived...
13) Beowulf
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Benjamin Bagby's legendary performance of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf (part I) recorded live in Helsingborg, Sweden (January, 2006) "...a vivid demonstration of what has been lost in the process of becoming modern... Bagby, using a brilliant array of dramatic and rhetorical techniques, made it a dazzling experience. His performances should be recorded and made required listening..." "” The Washington Post In this remarkable one-man tour de force,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With Slean and Thane Scorann missing, BEOWULF and Rate, Thane of the Varni, charge out into the forest in search of them. But with the Gathering fast approaching and Rheda’s bid for leadership depending on the hope of ever-loyal Scorann’s vote, BEOWULF questions whether their disappearance might be more than a simple coincidence.
15) Beowulf
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature's most enduring heroes, the great warrior BEOWULF. Featuring an ensemble cast of fascinating and fantastical characters, this epic drama follows Beowulf as he strives to be a man as well as hero, challenging the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one's moral code. Featuring Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Ed Spee.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
BEOWULF grapples with the revelation of Elvina’s secret and the fact that he has fallen in love with her. He feels ultimately betrayed and his feelings of conflict are compounded by the news that Slean knew the truth of Elvina’s past but loved, and still loves her. Can BEOWULF and Elvina survive and close this gulf that now separates them?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
BEOWULF gets to work re-building the town’s defences - a need that becomes even greater when iron-miner Greff, is attacked by one of the most dangerous Mudborn creatures known to humans – a Troll. Usually able to keep these deadly creatures at bay, such an unprovoked attack spells unquantifiable danger for the people of the Shieldlands and must therefore be investigated immediately by BEOWULF.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With danger lurking in every corner threatening the Shieldlands, Herot’s Huskarla patrol the forests looking for signs of the enemy. With the danger well known, Elvina’s decision to furtively enter the forests, without a guard, stirs a concerned BEOWULF, who downs tools from fortifications and goes after her.
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