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Beowulf

Seamus Heaney

213 pages

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About this book

Presents a new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother.

Themes
Epic & AdventurousDark & BroodingThrilling & PropulsiveThought-ProvokingConfronting the monstrous unknownThe weight of heroic legacyFragility of human communityViolence as necessary order
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