Beowulf Poet

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, 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 the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader.

Book by Klaeber, Fr.

When an evil monster terrorizes the land, only one man can stop him. A new horror stalks the ancient kingdom of the Danes. Grendel, a hideous beast, has crawled from hell to lay waste to the country and devour its people. His reign of slaughter seems unstoppable. The mighty warrior Beowulf comes forward to fight this demonic enemy. But Grendel has a powerful and deadly ally. Can Beowulf survive the rage of a fiendish mother who will destroy anyone who harms her child?

Frederick Klaeber's Beowulf has long been the standard edition for study by students and advanced scholars alike. Its wide-ranging coverage of scholarship, its comprehensive philological aids, and its exceptionally thorough notes and glossary have ensured its continued use in spite of the fact that the book has remained largely unaltered since 1936. The fourth edition has been prepared with the aim of updating the scholarship while preserving the aspects of Klaeber's work that have made it useful to students of literature, linguists, historians, folklorists, manuscript specialists, archaeologists, and theorists of culture. A revised Introduction and Commentary incorporates the vast store of scholarship on Beowulf that has appeared since 1950. It brings readers up to date on areas of scholarship that have been controversial since the last edition, including the construction of the unique manuscript and views on the poem's date and unity of composition. The lightly revised text incorporates the best textual criticism of the intervening years, and the expanded Commentary furnishes detailed bibliographic guidance to discussion of textual cruces, as well as to modern and contemporary critical concerns. Aids to pronunciation have been added to the text, and advances in the study of the poem's language are addressed throughout. Readers will find that the book remains recognizably Klaeber's work, but with altered and added features designed to render it as useful today as it has ever been.

This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf , and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem.

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This work is addressed to two classes of readers. From both of these alike the translator begs sympathy and co-operation. The Anglo-Saxon scholar he hopes to please by adhering faithfully to the original. The student of English literature he aims to interest by giving him, in modern garb, the most ancient epic of our race.

Beowulf es la gesta más antigua y extena de la temprana Edad Media en Europa. Los estudiosos han concluido que dicho texto, si bien ha sido conservado a través de un manuscrito del siglo XI, es la culminación de un proceso compositivo de varios siglos. Este libro presenta, por primera vez en Chile, el cuerpo íntegro del poema, en versión bilingue. Se completa con un detallado aparato crítico que permite iluminar diversos aspectos del contexto en el que se fue gestando y precisa, además, algunos tópicos centrales de la cosmovisión anglosajona. También se incluye una selección de poemas del período, en la impecable versión de Armando Roa Vial, que ayuda a comprender cabalmente una época apasionante de la historia y la literatura europeas.

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A new edition of Beowulf, the classic Anglo-Saxon epic, set in 6th century Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the rescue of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, who has come under attack by Grendel, a horrifying monster.After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the Dane and is then also defeated.Victorious, Beowulf returns to Geatland (Götaland in modern Sweden) and is declared their king. Fifty years later, Beowulf rises to battle again, this time to defeat a dragon, but is mortally wounded in the battle.After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory.Originally written in Old English, this edition is based on the 1892 verse translation by J. Lesslie Hall (1856-1928), and includes textual notes on the translation and helpful glossaries on names and terminology.

The oldest existing English literature work, Beowulf, part story, part legend, is the kind of story that impresses upon us as the quintessential epic hero's adventure. Immortalized now in the Hollywood film staring Angelina Jole as the mother of the monster Grendel, this is the epic poem/story that the movie bases itself on. To make matters even more interesting, historical evidence points to the authenticity of many facts surrounding the legend. Part I presents the tale in modern English. For more titles like this, type "dreamz-work" into the search field.

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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.

LO, praise of the prowess of people-kings of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped, we have heard, and what honor the athelings won! Oft Scyld the Scefing from squadroned foes, from many a tribe, the mead-bench tore, awing the earls. Since erst he lay friendless, a foundling, fate repaid him: for he waxed under welkin, in wealth he throve, till before him the folk, both far and near, who house by the whale-path, heard his mandate, gave him gifts: a good king he! To him an heir was afterward born, a son in his halls, whom heaven sent to favor the folk, feeling their woe that erst they had lacked an earl for leader so long a while; the Lord endowed him, the Wielder of Wonder, with world’s renown. Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands. So becomes it a youth to quit him well with his father’s friends, by fee and gift, that to aid him, aged, in after days, come warriors willing, should war draw nigh,...

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The classic epic poem, written by a poet whose name has been lost to time. A foundational text in English literature, "Beowulf" is an early example of a heroic adventure among the forbearers of the English-speaking peoples. The poem tells the story of Beowulf of the Geats, who journeys to Daneland to aid Hrothgar, king of the Danes, whose people are beset by the monster, Grendel. Besting Grendel in hand-to-hand combat, Beowulf must then face Grendel's fearsome and vengeful mother. After Beowulf saves Daneland from two monsters, Hrothgar is grateful and the Danes proclaim their allegiance to Beowulf. Beowulf returns to his native Geatland (Sweden), where he becomes king and rules in prosperity for 50 years. He then saves his own people from a fearsome dragon, dying from a mortal wound sustained in the battle. This version of "Beowulf" features the translation of John Lesslie Hall.

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, Grendel's 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 story's 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.

Beowulf is one of the most important works of Old English literature. This epic poem is believed to have been composed between 700 and 750, its author is unknown. It tells the story of the hero Beowulf , and his battles against the monster Grendel (and Grendel's mother), and against an evil dragon. It tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the Scandinavian Empire in the 6th century. Its diversity, complexity and profoundness, the timeless themes of power, courage, love and fidelity, together make Beowulf one of the most compelling and memorable works of world literature. As in the classical tradition of epic poetry ( Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, Ferdowsi's The Epic of Kings ) the poem is concerned with human values and moral choices. This book has entertained generations of readers, and it continues to be fascinating.

The poem begins with a brief genealogy of the Danes. Scyld Shefing was the first great king of the Danes, known for his ability to conquer enemies. Scyld becomes the great-grandfather of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes during the events of Beowulf. Hrothgar, like his ancestors before him, is a good king, and he wishes to celebrate his reign by building a grand hall called Heorot. Once the hall is finished, Hrothgar holds a large feast. The revelry attracts the attentions of the monster Grendel, who decides to attack during the night. In the morning, Hrothgar and his thanes discover the bloodshed and mourn the lost warriors. This begins Grendel's assault upon the Danes. Twelve years pass. Eventually the news of Grendel's aggression on the Danes reaches the Geats, another tribe. A Geat thane, Beowulf, decides to help the Danes; he sails to the land of the Danes with his best warriors. Upon their arrival, Hrothgar's thane Wulfgar judges the Geats worthy enough to speak with Hrothgar. Hrothgar remembers when he helped Beowulf's father Ecgtheow settle a feud; thus, he welcomes Beowulf's help gladly.

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"The Tale of Beowulf, Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats" is the translation of the legendary poem by William Morris and A.J. Wyatt. At the beginning of the book, a reader may find a summary of the text. The glossary of historical terms is also added to the book's text.

Written ten centuries ago, Beowulf celebrates the character and exploits of a young nobleman of the Geats, a people of southern Sweden, who defends his lands from marauding monsters. It is considered a world classic and the foremost example of Epic Poetry.