Beowulf (Signet Classics)

Beowulf (Signet Classics)

<b>Before there was <i>Game of Thrones</i>, there was <i>Beowulf</i>...</b><br> <b> </b><br><b> SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS</b><br><b>  </b><br><i> Beowulf</i> 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. <i>Beowulf</i> rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of <i>Beowulf</i>'s anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.<br><b>  </b><br><b> Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel</b><br><b> and an Afterword by Roberta Frank</b>