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Beowulf
Beowulf
Author: Burton Raffel
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, b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780451627957
ISBN-10: 0451627954
Publication Date: 8/5/1987
Pages: 159
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Publisher: Mentor Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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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.


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