Beowulf Author:Anonymous, Burton Raffel (Translator) The epic poem of war and adventure. — Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language. It was composed in England four centuries before the Norman Conquest. But no one knows exactly when it was composed, or by whom, or why. As a social document this great epic reflects a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, bloo... more »d and victory and death.
Burton Raffel's modern language translation from the original Old English remains the most celebrated introduction of the poem to students and the general reader alike. Includes a glossary of terms.« less
The great Classic story from the time the Germans and English spoke the same language. It is the start of both literatures, even though it is about a "swedish" Geat king and warrior.