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Tittelnr
0478806
Tittel
Beowulf
Medvirkende
Mitchell, Stephen (oversetter) oversetter
Språk
engelsk
Utgitt
New Haven : Yale University Press , 2017
Omfang
225 sider
Opplysninger
Parallel text on facing pages in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and English . - Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures-a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon-and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is someone who uses his special powers to fight evil, then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller.
Sjanger
Epos . - Klassisk litteratur . - Sagn og legender
Geografisk emneord
Norden
Dewey
829
Nettressurser
ISBN
978-03-00-22888-5 (innbundet)
Hylleplass
829 B