Beowulf: A Verse Translation

Author: Michael Alexander (Translator, Introduction by); Penguin Group (UK) Staff

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  • : $17.99 AUD
  • : 9780140449310
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : 0.158757
  • : January 2003
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : Michael Alexander (Translator, Introduction by); Penguin Group (UK) Staff
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780140449310
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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters/ Poetry; Dragons/ Poetry; Dragons; Monsters; Scandinavia; Poetry / Ancient, Classical

Author description

Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF. Michael Alexander is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. For Penguin he has translated, 'The Earliest English Poems', 'The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment', as well as a prose translation of BEOWULF.