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Kept alive for more than 13 centuries, Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language, reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death.
This edition of Raffel's acclaimed translation features a new Afterword.
Revised reissue.
Before there was Game of Thrones , there was Beowulf .
SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS Beowulf is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest.
As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable--reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death.
As a work of art, it is unique.
Beowulf rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years.
The noble simplicity of Beowulf 's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.
Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel and an Afterword by Roberta Frank.
