num_pages: 256
description: The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaney’s clear and insightful introduction to Beowulf provides students with an understanding of both the poem’s history in the canon and Heaney’s own translation process.
language: English
title: Beowulf: A Verse Translation
titlecomplete: Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Editions)
characters: Wealhtheow, Unferth, Onela, Grendel, Wiglaf, Hrothgar, Breca, Beowulf
genres: Read For School, Mythology, School, Medieval, Poetry, Literature, High School, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 295513
places: Denmark, Geatland, Sweden
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company