Beowulf
Subtitle: a verse translation
By: by Michael Alexander ; translated with an introduction and notes by Michael Alexander.
Contributors: Alexander, Michael, 1941-
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry.; Dragons -- Poetry.; Scandinavia -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Description: "The action takes place on the North Sea coasts of the fifth and sixth centuries, the world from which the ancestors of its audience had come to England. Against a heroic background of feast and feud, its hero defeats the monster Grendel, but dies defending his people against a dragon."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 157-158.
Includes index.