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Beowulf: Popular Penguins

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Beowulf: Popular Penguins
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Alexander
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:116
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 110
Category/GenrePoetry
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780141194875
ClassificationsDewey:829.3 829.3
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 28 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Beowulf tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side.

Author Biography

Michael Alexander recently retired from the chair of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, The Earliest English Poems, The Canterbury Tales- The First Fragment, as well as a prose translation of Beowulf. His verse translations of The Earliest English Poems and Beowulf have sold over half a million copies in Penguin, for whom he has also edited Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales- The First Fragment.