Beowulf is the longest surviving poem of Anglo-Saxon England. Beowulf, a young warrior of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, in his time of need. He first fights the hellish Grendel, then struggles with Grendel's no less fearsome mother in her hall beneath the cold waters of[...]

This book examines violence in its social setting, and especially as an essential element in the heroic system of exchange (sometimes called the Economy of Honour). It situates Beowulf in a northern European culture where violence was not stigmatized as evidence of a breakdown in social order but ra[...]

"This book will be a milestone, and deserves to be widely read. The early Beowulf that overwhelmingly emerges here asks hard questions, and the same strictly defined measures of metre, spelling, onomastics, semantics, genealogy, and historicity all cry out to be tested further and applied more broad[...]

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Grendel prowled in, hating all men and all joy and hungry for human life. So swift was his attack that no man heard an outcry; but when the dawn came, thirty of Hothgar's best and noblest thanes were missing. Only Beowulf, foremost among warriors, has the strength and courage to battle with Grendel [...]

This timeless adventure, one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature, sees the titular hero fight off ghastly monsters in order to protect his neighbours and his people. A mixture of history and legend, the battle-filled epic shines in this brilliantly illustrated graphic novel adaptat[...]

A masterpiece of Old English literature, the alliterative epic poem 'Beowulf' was written between the 8th and 11th century and narrates the eponymous hero's battles against the monster Grendel, Grendel's avenging mother and finally a terrifying dragon that threatens Beowulf's homeland. Blending myth[...]

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This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Beowulf: complete bilingual edition including the original anglo-saxon edition + 3 modern english translations + an extensive study of the poem + footnotes, index and alphabetical glossary"e; contains 5 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader wi[...]

Beowulf drager til Lejre for at hjælpe kong Roar med at bekæmpe et forfærdeligt uhyre, der lemlæster og dræber hans mænd. Stærk og frygtløs slår Beowulf både monsteret og dets mor ihjel, og belæsset med guld og gaver rejser han hjem til Sydsverige, hvor han senere bliver konge. Som meg[...]