num_pages: 160
description: The earliest extant poem in a modern European language, Beowulf was composed 400 years before the Norman Conquest. As a social document, this great epic poem reflects a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory and death. As a work of art, it rings with a beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for more than twelve centuries.This edition includes an introduction, an afterword, a glossary of names, and a genealogy.
language: English
title: Beowulf
titlecomplete: Beowulf
characters: Hrothgar, Beowulf, Onela, Grendel, Unferth, Wealhtheow, Breca, Wiglaf
genres: High School, Fiction, Literature, Read For School, Mythology, Medieval, School, Fantasy, Classics, Poetry
ratings_count: 295678
places: Geatland, Sweden, Denmark
publisher: Signet