Beowulf
- ISBN-10
- 0486111105
- ISBN-13
- 9780486111100
- Series
- Beowulf
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-03-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
Description
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.
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