An essential resource for teachers and students of the epic poem - there has never been an edition of Beowulf like this.
Something for everyone: includes a simplified re-telling of the story accessible to the most casual readers with photos and illustrations, along with new tools that make it easier than ever to analyze the the poem itself, whether or not the reader knows the Anglo-Saxon language.
The Ultimate Beowulf features:
Printed in high fidelity color throughoutAn unprecedented FIVE versions of the Beowulf text for studyModern translation with interlinear Old EnglishFacsimile of the medieval manuscriptTranslator notes with 21st century scholarshipNEW simplified re-telling of the story for casual readersNEW verse keyed folio transcriptionRelated story fragment: Battle at FinnesburhGenealogies / family trees from real and fictional characters of the storyListing of names and placesMaps of the world of BeowulfMany color photos and illustrationsGlossary of Old English wordsComprehensive reference index
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