Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

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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, 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.

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Publisher
Youcanprint
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9788827814079
Topic
Littérature
Subtopic
Classiques

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES.

B. = Bugge. C. = Cosijn. Gr. = Grein. Grdvtg. = Grundtvig. H. = Heyne. H. and S. = Harrison and Sharp. H.-So. = Heyne-Socin. K.= Kemble. Kl. = Kluge. M.= Müllenhoff. R. = Rieger. S. = Sievers. Sw. = Sweet. t.B. = ten Brink. Th. = Thorpe. W. = Wülcker.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRANSLATIONS.
Arnold, Thomas.—Beowulf. A heroic poem of the eighth century. London, 1876. With English translation. Prose.
Botkine, L.—Beowulf. Epopée Anglo-Saxonne. Havre, 1877. First French translation. Passages occasionally omitted.
Conybeare, J.J.—Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry. London, 1826. Full Latin translation, and some passages translated into English blank-verse.
Ettmuller, L.—Beowulf, stabreimend übersetzt. Zürich, 1840.
Garnett, J.M.—Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon Poem, and the Fight at Finnsburg. Boston, 1882. An accurate line-for-line translation, using alliteration occasionally, and sometimes assuming a metrical cadence.
Grein, C.W.M.—Dichtungen der Angelsachsen, stabreimend übersetzt. 2 Bde. Göttingen, 1857-59.
Grion, Giusto.—Beovulf, poema epico anglo-sassone del VII. secolo, tradotto e illustrato. Lucca, 1883. First Italian translation.
Grundtvig, N.F.S.—Bjowulfs Drape. Copenhagen, 1820.
Heyne, M.—A translation in iambic measures. Paderborn, 1863.
Kemble, J.M.—The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Traveller’s Song, and the Battle of Finnsburg. London, 1833. The second edition contains a prose translation of Beowulf.
Leo, H.—Ueber Beowulf. Halle, 1839. Translations of extracts.
Lumsden, H.W.—Beowulf, translated into modern rhymes. London, 1881. Ballad measures. Passages occasionally omitted.
Sandras, G.S.—De carminibus Cædmoni adjudicatis. Paris, 1859. An extract from Beowulf, with Latin translation.
Schaldmose, F.—Beowulf og Scopes Widsith, to Angelsaxiske Digte. Copenhagen, 1847.
Simrock, K.—Beowulf. Uebersetzt und erläutert. Stuttgart und Augsburg, 1859. Alliterative measures.
Thorkelin, G.J.—De Danorum rebus gestis secul. III. et IV. poema Danicum dialecto Anglosaxonica. Havniæ, 1815. Latin translation.
Thorpe, B.—The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf,...

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE.
  2. THE STORY.
  3. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES.
  4. BEOWULF.
  5. I.
  6. II.
  7. III.
  8. IV.
  9. V.
  10. VI.
  11. VII.
  12. VIII.
  13. IX.
  14. X.
  15. XI.
  16. XII.
  17. XIII.
  18. XIV.
  19. XV.
  20. XVI.
  21. XVII.
  22. XVIII.
  23. XIX.
  24. XX.
  25. XXI.
  26. XXII.
  27. XXIII.
  28. XXIV.
  29. XXV.
  30. XXVI.
  31. XXVII.
  32. XXVIII.
  33. XXIX.
  34. XXX.
  35. XXXI.
  36. XXXII.
  37. XXXIII.
  38. XXXIV.
  39. XXXV.
  40. XXXVI.
  41. XXXVII.
  42. XXXVIII.
  43. XXXIX.
  44. XL.
  45. XLI.
  46. XLII.
  47. XLIII.

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