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02847aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 BBC7DF80F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 170417t20172017ctubj b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2017938421 020 $a 9780300228885 020 $a 0300228880 035 $a (OCoLC)982566515 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YUS $d YDX $d CDX $d NUI $d HTM $d GL4 $d NWQ $d VA@ $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OWS $d ZLM $d MUU $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a ang $a ang $h ang 050 4 $a PR1583 M55x 2017 130 0 $a Beowulf. $l English & English (Old English) 245 10 $a Beowulf / $c translated by Stephen Mitchell. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xxxi, 225 pages : $b map, genealogical tables ; $c 22 cm 546 $a Parallel text on facing pages in Anglo-Saxon (Old English) and English. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224). 505 0 $a Introduction -- About this translation -- About the text -- A note on pronunciation -- Map: the geography of Beowulf -- Beowulf -- Appendix: Genealogical tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments. 520 $a "Beowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is "someone who uses his special powers to fight evil," then Beowulf is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller. Stephen Mitchell's marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep "work of literature" but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation--spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry--makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone." -- Publisher's description 600 00 $a Beowulf, $c King of the Geats $v Poetry. 600 00 $a Grendel $c (Monster) $v Poetry. 630 00 $a Beowulf. 651 0 $a Scandinavia $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Dragons $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Heroes $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Epic poetry, English (Old) 700 1 $a Mitchell, Stephen, $d 1943- $e translator. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023530.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20181010011545.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720050438.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BBC7DF80F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search