Beowulf Literary Touchstone Edition

Author : M. A. Roberts
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Dragons
ISBN : 9781580493482

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Beowulf - Literary Touchstone Edition by M. A. Roberts Pdf

This new, highly readable edition, by M. A. Roberts, includes a glossary and reader?s notes to help the modern reader with the complexities, archaic language, and references in Beowulf.In an ancient Danish kingdom, Grendel, a brutal monster, roams the countryside nightly, spreading terror across the land. Beowulf, a warrior of great strength and courage, hears of the bloody, pitiless attacks and immediately sets sail to free the Danes from Grendel?s bloodlust. Although Beowulf dates from the very beginning of English literature, this saga of a man who is ?most kind to his people, most eager for fame? is as thrilling to us now as it was to the Anglo-Saxons who first told it over 1,000 years ago. The lively language of adventure, glory, and sacrifice?so often lost in other translations?resonates in this new Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Press Edition.?

Author : Howell D. Chickering
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Beowulf
ISBN : IND:39000005952739

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Beowulf by Howell D. Chickering Pdf

This presentation of the translation and the Old English Text on facing pages allows the reader to approach the first major poem in English literature in a fresh and exciting new way. Includes a Guide to Reading Aloud, Introduction, Commentary and notes for translation from the original.

Author : David Goldman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596982802

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How Civilizations Die by David Goldman Pdf

Thanks to collapsing birthrates, much of Europe is on a path of willed self-extinction. The untold story is that birthrates in Muslim nations are declining faster than anywhere elseâ??at a rate never before documented. Europe, even in its decline, may have the resources to support an aging population, if at a terrible economic and cultural cost. But in the impoverished Islamic world, an aging population means a civilization on the brink of total collapseâ?? something Islamic terrorists know and fear. Muslim decline poses new threats to America, challenges we cannot even understand, much less face effectively, without a wholly new kind of political analysis that explains how desperate peoples and nations behave. In How Civilizations Die, David P. Goldman, author of the celebrated Spengler column read by intelligence organizations world wide, ??reveals how, almost unnoticed, massive shifts in global power are remaking our future.

Author : Ethelbert Talbot Donaldson,Nicholas Howe
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0393974065

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Beowulf by Ethelbert Talbot Donaldson,Nicholas Howe Pdf

The text of this edition of Beowulf is based on the highly regarded Donaldson prose translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem.

Author : Hermann Hesse
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781580493901

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Siddhartha: Literary Touchstone Classic by Hermann Hesse Pdf

Author : Kathleen Forni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429880360

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Beowulf's Popular Afterlife in Literature, Comic Books, and Film by Kathleen Forni Pdf

Beowulf's presence on the popular cultural radar has increased in the past two decades, coincident with cultural crisis and change. Why? By way of a fusion of cultural studies, adaptation theory, and monster theory, Beowulf's Popular Afterlife examines a wide range of Anglo-American retellings and appropriations found in literary texts, comic books, and film. The most remarkable feature of popular adaptations of the poem is that its monsters, frequently victims of organized militarism, male aggression, or social injustice, are provided with strong motives for their retaliatory brutality. Popular adaptations invert the heroic ideology of the poem, and monsters are not only created by powerful men but are projections of their own pathological behavior. At the same time there is no question that the monsters created by human malfeasance must be eradicated.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Epic poetry, English (Old)
ISBN : IND:30000027070436

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Beowulf by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joseph F. Tuso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0393092259

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Beowulf by Joseph F. Tuso Pdf

This Norton Critical Edition presents the highly acclaimed Donaldson prose translation of Beowulf in its entirety. This accurate translation together with its useful annotation fully conveys the meaning and spirit of the Anglo-Saxon original.

Author : John D. Niles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Dragons
ISBN : 0329850563

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Beowulf by John D. Niles Pdf

Presents a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother, with illustration of ancient artifacts from the time period.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3959402813

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The Story of Beowulf by Anonymous Pdf

LARGE PRINT EDITIONA Large Print Edition includes text at a size much larger than a typical paperback. The biggest difference in a Large Print Book is the size of the text, which is much larger than a standard print edition. This larger text makes for an easier reading experience, especially for readers with less-than-perfect eyesight. NEW BOOK. NEW READING. NEW JOY.The Story of Beowulf, first printed in 1815, is an epic Old English poem that dates back to between the eighth and eleventh centuries. The author is unknown, yet The Story of Beowulf is often regarded as one of the single most important works in Old English literature. The poem tells the tale of the protagonist Beowulf, prince of the Geats, and his constant desire to prove his strength. With its exalted poetics and incredible world-building, The Story of Beowulf has inspired readers and writers for centuries. Among some of the most famous is undoubtedly J.R.R. Tolkien-author of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, both of which were heavily influenced by this classic epic.

Author : Lesslie Hall
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1724004360

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Beowulf (Annotated) by Lesslie Hall Pdf

annotations Composed in the 8th century AD, Beowulf's Gesta is the oldest epic monument of Germanic literatures. It was discovered in 1705 and registered in a catalog of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts as an epic of the wars between Danes and Swedes. This erroneous definition is due to the difficulties of poetic language; At the beginning of the eighteenth century there were scholars in England capable of understanding Anglo-Saxon prose, but not of deciphering a poem, written in the artificial language we have already considered. Attracted by the mention of the catalog, a Danish scholar, Thorkel

Author : Michael Lapidge,Helmut Gneuss,Cambridge University Press
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521259026

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Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England by Michael Lapidge,Helmut Gneuss,Cambridge University Press Pdf

An collection of essays by specialists in the field examining Anglo-Saxon learning and text interpretation and transmission.

Author : David M. Zesmer
Publisher : New York : Barnes & Noble Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Anglo-Norman literature
ISBN : UCAL:$B594762

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Guide to English Literature from Beowulf Through Chaucer and Medieval Drama by David M. Zesmer Pdf

Author : Ernest J. B. Kirtlan
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1293701882

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The Story of Beowulf by Ernest J. B. Kirtlan Pdf

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : J Lesslie Hall
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798504722795

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Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall( Illustrated Edition) by J Lesslie Hall Pdf

It may be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. A date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating pertains to the manuscript, which was produced between 975 and 1025. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet". The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendels mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. The full poem survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex, located in the British Library. It has no title in the original manuscript, but has become known by the name of the storys protagonist. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through Ashburnham House in London that had a collection of medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton.