Beowulf
Subtitle: a prose translation : backgrounds and contexts, criticism
By: translated by E. Talbot Donaldson ; edited by Nicholas Howe.
Contributors: Donaldson, E. Talbot 1910-; Howe, Nicholas.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: A Norton critical edition
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Beowulf; Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters in literature; Dragons in literature; Monsters -- Poetry; Dragons -- Poetry; Scandinavia -- In literature; Scandinavia -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry.
Description: Contains the prose translation of "Beowulf" and provides historical, linguistic, and literary settings, origins of Old English language, and material on Beowulf's tribes and genealogies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).