Beowulf

In this elegant, portable Anglo-Saxon epic, the hero Beowulf fights horrifying, ghastly monsters in his bid to save the hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes. Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium CE, Beowulf is an Old English epic tale recounting the adventures of Beowulf, a Geatish hero from present-day Sweden . He is called on by Hrothgar, King of the Danes, to defeat Grendel , the powerful monster that threatens his great hall. As one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, it depicts a feudal world of blood, victory, and death--a world that exalts heroes who travel great distances to prove their strength, at impossible odds, against supernatural demons and beasts . Ringing with the beauty, power, and artistry that have kept its poetry alive for a thousand years, this venerable tale is now available as an elegantly designed clothbound edition with an elastic closure and a new introduction from Tom Schneider.

• Format: Flexibound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631064231
• ISBN13: 9781631064234
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Race Point Publishing
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 7.6"